Accrual of right of action in case of present interests in land
9 Accrual of right of action in case of present interests in land
No. 5914 s. 9.
Where the person bringing an action to recover land or some person through whom he claims—
has been in possession thereof; and
has while entitled thereto been dispossessed or discontinued his possession—
the right of action shall be deemed to have accrued on the date of the dispossession or discontinuance.
Where—
any person brings an action to recover any land of a deceased person, whether under a will or on intestacy; and
the deceased person was on the date of his death in possession of the land, or, in the case of a rentcharge created by will or taking effect upon his death, in possession of the land charged, and was the last person entitled to the land to be in possession thereof—
the right of action shall be deemed to have accrued on the date of his death.
Where—
any person brings an action to recover land, being an estate or interest in possession assured otherwise than by will to him or to some person through whom he claims by a person who at the date when the assurance took effect was in possession of the land or, in the case of a rentcharge created by the assurance, in possession of the land charged; and
no person has been in possession of the land by virtue of the assurance—
the right of action shall be deemed to have accrued on the date when the assurance took effect.
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