A grant made by the owner of an estate for life or for years, purporting to convey a greater estate than he could lawfully transfer, does not work a forfeiture of his estate, but passes to the grantee all the estate which the grantor could lawfully transfer. SOURCE: CC '1108.
Conveyance Of Limited Estate
21 GCA § 4205, under Transfer of Real Property.
21 GCA § 4205