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    SECTION 637

    Action against one defendant subject to rights of others

    Real Property Actions & Proceedings (RPA) CHAPTER 81, ARTICLE 6

    § 637. Action against one defendant subject to rights of others.
    Where one or more answering defendants hold under another defendant, and
    the plaintiff elects to proceed against the latter, subject to the
    rights and interests of the former, if the plaintiff recovers final
    judgment against the defendant under whom they hold, the judgment
    operates as a transfer to the plaintiff of that defendant's right, title
    and interest.