TITLE 34

Property

CHAPTER 34-4

Estates in Real Property

SECTION 34-4-3



   § 34-4-3  Purported grant of estate greater

than owned by grantor. –

A conveyance made by a tenant for life or for years, purporting to grant a

greater estate than he or she possesses or can lawfully convey, shall not work

a forfeiture of his or her estate, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate

which the tenant can lawfully convey.



History of Section.

(G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch.

296, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 433, § 3; G.L. 1956, §

34-4-3.)