Principle

CONTRACT LAW – Privity – Stranger Cannot Challenge Validity of Deed

Area of law
CONTRACT LAW
Court
Supreme Court

The doctrine of privity limits who may challenge deeds. Only parties to the deed (grantors, grantees, and persons in privity with them) have standing to seek its invalidation. Strangers—persons not party to the deed or in privity—cannot challenge it even if it affects their interests.…

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