§ 747.Action Not Prejudiced By Alienation Made By Person In Possession

A defendant in possession of disputed real property might try to complicate the case by transferring the property to someone else. Section 747 forecloses that tactic: an action for the recovery of real property against a person in possession isn't prejudiced by any alienation that person makes, whether it happens before or after the action commences.

In practice, this means the plaintiff's claim survives the transfer, and the litigation can proceed against the original possessor's interest regardless of who now holds record title, keeping a defendant from defeating the suit merely by handing the property off to a third party.