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Washington v. Prasad
No. 151783Supreme Court of Virginia
151783 Washington v. Prasad 10/27/2016 After the purchaser of property at a tax sale mistakenly made over $23,000 in improvements to a nearby parcel owned by others, the circuit court erred in imposing a const…
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151783 Washington v. Prasad 10/27/2016 After the purchaser of property at a tax sale mistakenly made over $23,000 in improvements…
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151783 Washington v. Prasad 10/27/2016 After the purchaser of property at a tax sale mistakenly made over $23,000 in improvements to a nearby parcel owned by others, the circuit court erred in imposing a constructive trust and lien upon the improved property. A purchaser must look to the title papers under which he buys, and is charged with notice of all the facts appearing upon their face, or to the knowledge of which anything there appearing will conduct him. A person with notice, actual or constructive, of a defect in his title is not entitled, upon being dispossessed by the rightful owner, to recover compensation for permanent improvements made on the premises, and these principles are…
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