Does a joint tenant who takes the entire benefit of real property through survivorship must take the burden associated with the benefit?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Parrott-Ericson v. Stockwell, 2006 BCSC 1409 (CanLII):
The respondents argue that it is a principle of equity that a joint tenant who takes the entire benefit of an interest in real property through a survivorship must take the burden associated with the benefit, particularly when that joint debt has been used to acquire the real property. They rely on Cunningham Reid v. Public Trustee and Another, [1944] 1 K.B. 602.
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