Section 65 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959
Section 65 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Party structures. It provides as follows:
(1) Where under a disposition or other arrangement which, if a holding in
undivided shares had been permissible, would have created a tenancy in common, a wall or other structure is or is expressed to be made a party wall or structure, that
structure shall be and remain severed vertically as between the respective owners,
and the owner of each part shall have such rights to support and user over the rest of the structure as may be requisite for conferring rights corresponding to those which would have subsisted if a valid tenancy in common had been created.
(2) Any person interested may, in case of dispute, apply to the court for an order
declaring the rights and interests under this section of the persons interested in any such party structure, and the court may make such order as it thinks fit.
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