A person to whom any real property is transferred or devised, upon which rent has been reserved, or to whom any such rent is transferred, is entitled to the same remedies for recovery of rent, for non-performance of any of the terms of the lease, or for any waste or cause of forfeiture, as his grantor or devisor might have had.
Cal. Civ. Code § 821
Incidents of Ownership
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 2 Cal. App. 470 - In Re Estate of O'Connor (1905)
Most recently applied in 89 Cal. App. 55 - Wayland v. Latham (February 1928)
Enacted 1872.
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