Ahmanson Bank and Trust Co. v. Tepper

Gregory A. Harrison and some others of the several cotenants in a 3,200-acre property known as the Stetson Ranch appeal from a judgment denying partition. The court determined that an agreement entered into in 1952 between the predecessors of all the present owners should be given effect as a perpetual waiver, enforceable by successors of the original parties, of the cotenants statutory right of partition. We have concluded that the agreement should not be so construed; we therefore reverse the judgment.