Sec. 52-496. Devise of freehold with contingent interest; partition.
Sec. 52-496. Devise of freehold with contingent interest; partition. When any
deceased tenant in common, joint tenant or coparcener of real property has devised any
freehold interest in the property to any person, with a contingent interest by way of
remainder, substitution or executory devise, to any other person, born or unborn, a proper
court of equitable jurisdiction may, on the complaint of any person interested, order
partition of the property to be made between the devisee or devisees, the surviving
cotenant or cotenants and the person having such contingent interest. The decree shall
bind the parties and the person having the contingent interest, his heirs and assigns.
(1949 Rev., S. 8232; P.A. 82-160, S. 186.)
History: P.A. 82-160 replaced "estate" with "property" and made minor technical changes.
Cited. 175 C. 463.
Cited. 5 CA 142.
Cited. 29 CS 465.