Every interest created in favor of several persons in their own right is an interest in common, unless acquired by them in partnership, for partnership purposes, or unless declared in its creation to be a joint interest, as provided in Section 683, or unless acquired as community property.
Cal. Civ. Code § 686
Interests in Property
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Estate of Hittell (1903)
Most recently applied in 17 Cal. App. 4th 234 - Wilson v. S.L. Rey, Inc. (June 1993)
Enacted 1872.
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