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A woman purchased a tract of land from a man by warranty deed.
Unbeknownst to the woman, the man was not the actual owner of
the tract. The woman built a home on the tract and moved into it.
Two years later, the actual owner learned of the man's transaction
with the woman and prevented the woman from entering the tract
from that point forward. This led to a costly court battle. When the
woman notified the man and told him that she thought it was his
duty to straighten this out, he ignored her. The statute of
limitations for actions on deed covenants is fours years.
The woman would succeed in a suit for damages against the man
for breach of which of the following covenants of title? -
Answer>> C. The covenants of seisin, right to convey, quiet
enjoyment, warranty, and further assurances. The woman would
succeed in a suit for damages against the man for breach of the
covenants of seisin, right to convey, quiet enjoyment, warranty,
and further assurances, but not on the covenant against
encumbrances. A general warranty deed gives the grantee six
covenants of title: the right to seisin, the right to convey, a
covenant against encumbrances, the covenant of quiet
enjoyment, the covenant of further assurances, and a general
warranty. Under the covenants of quiet enjoyment, warranty, and
further assurances, the man promised that (i) the woman would
not be disturbed in her possession of the tract; (ii) he would
defend the woman's title against lawful claims; and (iii) he would
perform whatever acts are necessary to perfect the woman's title.
Because the man neither owned the tract of land nor was acting
as the actual owner's agent, he breached the covenants of seisin
and right to convey at the time of the conveyance to the woman.
When the actual owner prevented the woman from re-entering the