89-1-41 - Effect of words "grant, bargain, sell." - Mississippi Statutes

§ 89-1-41. Effect of words "grant, bargain, sell."
 

The words "grant, bargain, sell," shall operate as an express covenant to the grantee, his heirs and assigns, that the grantor was seized of an estate, free from incumbrance made or suffered by the grantor, except the rents and services that may be reserved, and also for quiet enjoyment against the grantor, his heirs and assigns, unless limited by express word contained in the conveyance; and the grantee, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, may, in any action, assign breaches as if the covenants above mentioned were expressly inserted. 
 

Sources: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 42, art. 1 (32); 1857, ch. 36, art. 16; 1871, § 2299; 1880, § 1196; 1892, § 2440; 1906, § 2769; Hemingway's 1917, § 2273; 1930, § 2126; 1942, § 847.