§ 10-2-1 - Account between owners of common property. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 10-2-1

   § 10-2-1  Account between owners of commonproperty. – Whenever two (2) or more persons have and hold any estate, interest orproperty, whether real or personal, in common as joint tenants, tenants incommon, co-parceners or joint owners and one or more of the owners of thecommon property shall take, receive, use or have benefit thereof, in greaterproportion than his, her, or their interest therein, such owner or owners, his,her, or their executors and administrators shall be liable to render his, her,or their account of the use and profit of such common property to his, her ortheir fellow commoner or commoners, jointly or severally; and such of thefellow commoner or commoners or any or either of them, their executors oradministrators, shall have his, her, or their action against such receiver orreceivers or either of them, as his, her, or their bailiff or bailiffs, forreceiving more than his, her, or their part or proportion as provided in thissection.