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801 – Who Liable to Action for Waste.

§ 801. Who liable to action for waste. An action for waste lies against a tenant by the curtesy, in dower, for life, or for years, or the assignee of such a tenant, who, during his estate or term, commits waste upon the real property held by him, without a special and lawful written license […]

811 – Action for Waste by Heir, Devisee or Grantor of Reversion.

§ 811. Action for waste by heir, devisee or grantor of reversion. An heir or devisee may maintain an action for waste, committed in time of his ancestor or testator, as well as in his own time. The grantor of a reversion may maintain an action for waste committed before he aliened the same.

812 – Action for Waste by Ward Against Guardian.

§ 812. Action for waste by ward against guardian. Such an action may also be maintained against a guardian by his ward, either before or after the termination of the guardianship, for waste committed upon the real property of the ward during the guardianship.

813 – Action for Waste by Grantee of Real Property Sold Under Execution.

§ 813. Action for waste by grantee of real property sold under execution. Where real property is sold by virtue of an execution, the person to whom a conveyance is executed pursuant to the sale may maintain an action for waste, committed thereon after the sale, against the person who was then in possession of […]

815 – Judgment in Action for Waste Against Tenant of Particular Estate.

§ 815. Judgment in action for waste against tenant of particular estate. If the plaintiff recovers in an action for waste, other than an action brought as prescribed in section 817, the final judgment must award to him compensatory damages. Where the action is brought by the person next entitled to the reversion and it […]

817 – Action for Waste Against Joint Tenant or Tenant in Common.

§ 817. Action for waste against joint tenant or tenant in common. 1. An action for waste may also be maintained by a joint tenant or tenant in common against his co-tenant who commits waste upon the real property held in joint tenancy or in common. If the plaintiff recovers therein he is entitled, at […]

821 – View in Action for Waste.

§ 821. View in action for waste. In an action for waste it is not necessary, either upon the execution of a writ of inquiry or upon the trial of an issue of fact, that the jury, the judge, or the referee should view the property. Where the trial is by a referee, or by […]

831 – Action by Reversioner or Remainderman.

§ 831. Action by reversioner or remainderman. A person seized of an estate in remainder or reversion may maintain an action founded upon an injury done to the inheritance, notwithstanding any intervening estate for life or for years.

841 – Action for Nuisance.

§ 841. Action for nuisance. An action for a nuisance may be maintained in any case where such an action might have been maintained under the laws in force immediately before the taking effect of article seventh of title one of chapter fourteenth of the code of civil procedure as added thereto by chapter one […]

843 – Fences and Structures, When Private Nuisance.

§ 843. Fences and structures, when private nuisance. Whenever the owner or lessees of land shall erect or shall have erected thereon any fence or structure in the nature of a fence which shall exceed ten feet in height, to exclude the owner or occupant of a structure on adjoining land from the enjoyment of […]

851 – Action Against Certain Persons Holding Over as Trespassers.

§ 851. Action against certain persons holding over as trespassers. A person in possession of real property as guardian or trustee for an infant, or having an estate determinable upon one or more lives, who holds over and continues in possession after the determination of his trust or particular estate, without the express consent of […]

871 – Action for the Removal of Encroaching Structures.

§ 871. Action for the removal of encroaching structures. 1. An action may be maintained by the owner of any legal estate in land for an injunction directing the removal of a structure encroaching on such land. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting the power of the court in such an action to […]

881 – Access to Adjoining Property to Make Improvements or Repairs.

§ 881. Access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs. When an owner or lessee seeks to make improvements or repairs to real property so situated that such improvements or repairs cannot be made by the owner or lessee without entering the premises of an adjoining owner or his lessee, and permission so to […]