What is the test for establishing a joint tenancy?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Herunter v. Kostiuk, 2011 ABQB 452 (CanLII):
An analogous situation arose in Christensen v. Leigh, 2009 ABQB 247 at paras. 7-8, 6 Alta. L.R. (5th) 160, where an alleged joint tenancy was negated by occupation by only one joint tenant and unequal contributions to the property’s costs.
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