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Quieting of Title

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  1. Which feature describes a cloud removable under Article 476?
  2. What interest must a plaintiff have under Article 477?
  3. Must a plaintiff be physically possessing the property to bring an action under Article 477?
  4. A landowner proves that an apparently outstanding mortgage has already been fully discharged, but its continued record …
  5. An heir with an established equitable interest in land learns that a rival is about to assert an apparently effective b…
  6. Mara owns land but lives elsewhere. A rival relies on an apparently regular deed that Mara proves was forged and that c…
  7. A plaintiff asks to remove a recorded claim as a cloud but concedes having no legal or equitable title or interest in t…
  8. Explain the two distinct matters a claimant must establish when seeking removal of a cloud under Articles 476 and 477.
  9. An apparently outstanding instrument burdens land although the underlying obligation has terminated. The owner seeks qu…
  10. A holder of an established equitable interest wants to prevent an apparently effective but actually invalid adverse cla…
  11. Article476’s quieting remedy concerns title to what class of property?
  12. Does476 limit a cloud to instruments that are void, excluding voidable or unenforceable ones?