In a transaction between the true owner and the good faith purchaser for value,the law will not disturb the legal title but will rule in favor of the one who has it.

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This is known as the principle of "nemo dat quod non habet," which means "no one can give what they do not have." In other words, a person who does not have legal title to a property cannot transfer it to someone else, and if they do, the true owner can reclaim the property. However, if a good faith purchaser for value (someone who buys the property in good faith and for a valuable consideration, without knowledge of any defects in the seller's title) acquires the property from someone who they believe to be the true owner, the law will generally protect their legal title and not disturb it, even if it later turns out that the seller did not have good title to the property.

In a Transaction Between the True Owner and the Good