Carolina Mineral Co. v. Young

Ordinarily, tbe existence of a lease on lands held in common ownership will not prevent partition at tbe instance of a coten-ant. 2 Tiffany, Eeal Property (3d Ed., 1939), 317, and cases cited. And this is true although one of tbe cotenants is lessee (Tiffany, loc. cit., supra), at least where actual division of tbe property is tbe relief sought. Buhrmeister v. Buhrmeister, 10 Cal. App., 392, 102 Pac., 221; Hunt v. Hazelton, 5 N. H., 216. Contra: Cannon v. Lomax, 29 S. C., 369, 7 S. E., 529. Where there is partition in kind, tbe ascertainment and allotment to tbe lessor-cotenant of bis share…