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Code · Connecticut · Title 52 — Civil Actions · CHAPTER 897 — Parties And Appearances

Sec. 52-77. Action by joint tenant or tenant in common; effect of nonjoinder.

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Any joint tenant or tenant in common of land may maintain an action in his own name for any injury thereto; but the nonjoinder of the other tenants may be shown by the defendant in reduction of damages, and the plaintiff shall only recover for the damage to his interest.
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