442.500. Lineal and collateral warranties abolished. - Missouri Statutes

Lineal and collateral warranties abolished.

442.500. Lineal and collateral warranties, with all theirincidents, are abolished; but the heirs and devisees of everyperson who shall have made any covenant or agreement shall beanswerable, upon such covenant or agreement, to the extent of thelands descended or devised to them, in the cases and in themanner prescribed by law; and devisees shall be answerable to thesame extent as provided by law in case of heirs.

(RSMo 1939 § 3501)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3111; 1919 § 2270; 1909 § 2875

(1957) Where remaindermen took by purchase and not by descent or devise, they were not bound by warranties made by grantor in conveyance made subsequent to the conveyance made to them. Cook v. Daniels (Mo), 306 S.W.2d 573.