Does a joint tenant of a commercial property have to pay occupation rent to the owner of the property, even if there is one joint tenant who abandons the property?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from England v. Nguyen, 2013 MBQB 196 (CanLII):
Similarly, in Braglin v. Braglin, 2002 ABQB 816, Madam Justice J.B. Veit said at para. 3: …Just because one joint tenant left the property voluntarily rather than by "ouster" does not deprive the departing owner from a claim for occupation rent. …
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