Outstanding title
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 51 U.S. 311 - Thomas Henderson and Thomas Calloway v. The State of Tennessee · 1850Most cited · 19 citing opinions
Now, in the language of ejectment law, an outstanding title means a title in a third person, under which the tenant in possession does not claim. And as no one has a right to enter upon the land and eject the tenant but the person holding the legal title, if the tenant can show that the title was in a third person it defeats the action, although the tenant sets up no title in himself.
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