Law360 Canada ( March 12, 2021, 6:15 AM EST) -- Appeal by Fownes from a decision dismissing her claim for partition. The parties inherited a joint life interest in a large tract of largely undeveloped land. The survivor was to get the fee simple in it all. The parties applied to determine, as a question of law, whether the appellant could partition the property. The application judge found that the contingent remainder was not amenable to partition. The appellant argued that a proper interpretation of the Partition Act contemplated division of the ownership present in this case. She argued that as a co-tenant of a life interest, she had the standing to seek partition of both the life and remainder interests....