§  loss.  Every  person  having  an  undivided  stare,  in  possession  or  otherwise,
in  the  property,  as  tenant  in  fee,  for  life,  by  the  curtesy,  or  for  years;  every  per-
son entitled  to  the  reversion,  remainder,  or  inheritance  of  an  undivided  share,
after  the  determination  of  a  particular  estate  therein;  every  person  who,  by  any
contingency,  contained  in  a  devise,  or  grant,  or  otherwise,  is  or  may  become  en-
titled to  a  beneficial  interest  in  an  undivided  share  thereof;  every  person  having
an  inchoate  right  of  dower  in  an  undivided  share  in  the  property;  and  every  per-
son having  a  right  of  dower  in  the  property,  or  any  part  thereof,  which  has  not
been  admeasured,  must  be  made  a  party  to  an  action  for  partition.  But  no  per-
son, other  than  a  joint  tenant  or  a  tenant  in  common  of  the  property,  shall  be  a
plaintiff  in  the  action.
A  life  tenant  cannot  maintain  partition  against  the  owner  in  fee.
Muldowney  v.  Mom-is  &  Essex  R.  R.  Co.,  42  Hun,  444.  All  ten-
ants in  common  must  be  made  parties.  Burhans  v.  Burhans,  2
Barb.  Ch.  398.  Remaindermen  should  be  parties  and  are  necessary
in  order  to  bind  their  interests  by  the  judgment.  A  reversioner  is
a  necessary  party  where  the  action  is  brought  by  a  person  entitled  to
an  undivided  share  of  the  reversion  and  also  where  the  action  is
brought  by  the  owner  of  an  iindivided  share  of  the  premises  for
life  or  of  any  other  estate  therein  and  some  of  the  other  parties  own
the  residue.     Striker  v.  Mott,  2  Paige,  387.
