Who  can  Tnaintain  ejectment. — ^It  is  said  that,  "as  a  general
rule,  any  person  owning  an  estate  in  lands  in  fee,  for  life,  or  for
years,  having  a  present  right  of  entry,  or  any  person  vested  with  a
riglit  to  the  immediate  possession  incident  to  some  corporeal  estate
or  interest  in  lands,  may  maintain  an  action  in  the  nature  of  eject-
ment." Sedgwick  &  Wait  on  Titles  to  Land,  p.  92.  The  people
may  maintain  ejectment.  Jackson,  ex  dem.  Miller,  v.  Winslow,
2  Johns.  81 ;  People  v.  Mauran,  5  Den.  389 ;  People  v.  Rector,
etc.,  Trinity  Church,  22  N.  Y.  44;  People  v.  Van  Bensselaer,
9  id.  319;  I^eople  v.  Denison,  17  Wend.  312;  People  v.  Conklin,
2  Hill,  67 ;  People  v.  Livingston,  8  Barb.  253.  It  was  held  before
the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  that  a  guardian  in  socage  alone  could
maintain  ejectment  on  behalf  of  an  infant.  Byrne  v.  Van  Hoesen,
5  Johns.  && ;  Holmes  v.  Seeley,  17  Wend.  75.  See  Seaton  v.  Davis,
1  T.  &  C.  91 ;  Cagger  v.  Lansing,  G4  N.  Y.  417.  Section  1686,
however,  now  provides  that  the  infant  may  bring  any  action  pro-
vided for  by  the  title  of  which  it  is  a  part,  which  includes  the  pro-
visions relating  to  ejectment.  The  committee  of  a  lunatic  cannot
maintain  ejectment.  Petrie  v.  Shoemaker,  24  Wend.  85  ;  McKillip
V.  McKillip,  8  Barb.  552 ;  Burnett  v.  Bookstaver,  10  Hun,  481 ;
Lajie  V.  Schemerhorn,  1  Hill,  97.     One  of  several  tenants  in  com-


B  Action  to  Recover  Real  Property  —  Ejectment.
raon   may  maintain  tlie  action.     Gruger  v.  McLaury,  41  N.  Y.
219.
