SUMMARY COURT OF BENI-SOUEF. — 25 November 1899. Law not retrospective—Co-ownership—Repairs—Muhammadan Law. The mutual rights of co-owners, in respect of repairs to an immovable held in co-ownership, executed by one or some of such co-owners, are determined by Muhammadan Law, when such repairs were previous to the promulgation of the Egyptian Native Codes. By Art. 655 (Arabic text) of the Mourshid El Hairan and Art. 1311 of the Megalla, a person who, without the authority of his co-owner or the Court, repairs property held in co-ownership, is taken to have intended a gift to his co-owner, and cannot claim from the latter a contribution towards the outlay proportional to his share in the property. The fact that the co-owner raised no objection to the repairs at the time of their execution, is to be construed as an acceptance of the gift, and not as an implied authority for the execution of the repairs.