644. Any joint partner in, and joint owner or occupant of any lot, house, building or other immoveable in the municipality, against whom a complaint is brought for violation of any by-law of the council, affecting such joint partner in, joint owner or occupant of the said lot, house, building or other immoveable, in any manner, by reason of any nuisance committed or existing thereon, or any other offence, may be sued alone, or conjointly with his joint partners, joint owners or joint occupants, in the Municipal Court, as may be deemed advisable, as also any agent of the said firm, joint owner or occupant.
In such suit, it shall be sufficient to mention the name of such joint partner, owner or occupant, or of such agent, with the addition of the words “and others”; and the oral testimony of such ownership and occupancy, whether sole or joint, or of such agency, shall be sufficient.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 683.