Order affirmed, with costs.
Although a divorce converts a tenancy by the entirety to a tenancy in common (Stelz v Shreck, 128 N.Y. 263) the ex-husband's right to maintain an action for partition is subject to equitable considerations as between husband and wife (Ripp v Ripp,
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