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RAINER v. HOLMES

272 Wis. 349 (1956)

RAINER, Respondent, vs. HOLMES and another, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 6, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Roscoe Grimm and Geffs, Geffs, Block & Geffs, all of Janesville, and oral argument by Mr. Grimm and Mr. Jacob Geffs.

For the respondent there was a brief by Blakely & Long, attorneys, and Edward E. Grutzner of counsel, all of Beloit, and oral argument by J. R. Long.

MARTIN, J.

To do justice between the parties is the object of a court of equity. The rule is that a cotenant in possession may, in a partition action, be reimbursed for expenditures for improvements made in good faith for the preservation and enhancement in value of the common property. Anno. 1 A. L. R., Partition, 1189. Where he has received rents and profits from the common property during his occupancy, the value of such...

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