§6514. Exclusive possession of part; improvements
When one of the tenants in common, by mutual consent, has had the exclusive possession of a part of the estate and made improvements thereon, his share shall be assigned from or including such part. The value of the improvements made by a tenant in common shall be considered and the assignment of shares be made in conformity therewith. When any person shall have heretofore made or shall hereafter make improvements upon a part of any real estate with the consent of the owners thereof, or any of them, and such person shall have thereafter become a tenant in common of such real estate, his share shall be assigned from or including such part, and the value of the improvements so made shall be considered and the assignment of shares made in conformity therewith.
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE
14 §6503. Service of process; publication
14 §6504. Persons not notified; pleadings
14 §6505. Guardians and agents
14 §6506. Tenants in common of sawmills
14 §6507. Defendant claiming part; separate trial
14 §6509. Joinder or severance; death or conveyance
14 §6511. Commissioners; appointment
14 §6513. Notice; majority report
14 §6514. Exclusive possession of part; improvements
14 §6515. Parcel of greater value than share
14 §6516. Expenses apportioned
14 §6517. New partition; excessive share or value
14 §6518. -- persons out of State
14 §6519. -- persons evicted of share
14 §6522. Claimant not a party; judgment ineffective
14 §6523. Rights of nonparties to action