A deed and warranty of land purporting to pass or assure a greater right or estate than the person can lawfully pass or assure, shall operate to convey on warrant so much of the right and estate as such person can lawfully convey. If such conveyance is made by a tenant for life it shall not work a forfeiture of his estate.
KRS 381.150
Conveyance of greater estate than grantor owns -- Effect
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Sanderson v. Saxon (1992)
Most recently applied in Dukes v. Link (July 2010)
Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky
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