Last owner to be considered purchaser
236 Last owner to be considered purchaser
In every case descent shall be traced from the purchaser; and to the intent that the pedigree may never be carried further back than the circumstances of the case and the nature of the title requires, the person last entitled to the land shall for the purposes of this Part be considered to have been the purchaser thereof, unless it is proved that he inherited the same; in which case the person from whom he inherited the same shall be considered to have been the purchaser unless it is proved that he inherited the same; and in like manner the last person from whom the land is proved to have been inherited shall in every case be considered to have been the purchaser, unless it is proved that he inherited the same.
Where there is a total failure of heirs of the purchaser, or where any land is descendible as if an ancestor had been the purchaser thereof and there is a total failure of the heirs of such ancestors, then and in every such case the land shall descend and the descent shall thenceforth be traced from the person last entitled to the land as if he had been the purchaser thereof.
No. 3754 s. 237.
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