Section 9 Necessary Parties

• Library: Real Estate Fundamentals 2011

When title is vested in several persons, obviously all should be plaintiffs in a suit to quiet title. If only one were a plaintiff, the decree would quiet the outstanding claim of that plaintiff, but not all the owners. If the ownership is more complicated, how far must a party go in making everyone who has an interest a plaintiff? For example:

· Must the wives and husbands of the owners be plaintiffs?

· Must holders of remainder interests be plaintiffs?

· Must beneficiaries of a trust be plaintiffs?

· Must the...