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Show HOME!" BUYER Sv Will.am J McAul.tt. Ji Executive Vice President American Land Title Association Defending Ownership When buying a home, you receive what has been described as a bundle of riphu in the property that entitle you to use and enjoy it. Your rights also can be challenged by others. When this happens, the defense of your ownership can be expensive even if you win the case. Nearly three years after their purchase, buyers in a subdivision lo-t lo-t cated in the J J south were y Y J - surprised by a j J- lawsuit brought fiyV J j by other near- Nt-a I by property McAuliffe owners. Those bringing the action contended con-tended the buyers had no legal le-gal interest in nearby land that previously was a street. This claim placed the property prop-erty rights of the buyers in question. Since the buyers were protected by owner's title insurance obtained at the time of their real estate purchases, the title company retained an attorney to represent them |