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.)