MCL - Section 554.6

Revised Statutes of 1846 (EXCERPT)
Chapter 62. Of The Nature And Qualities Of Estates In Real And Personal Property, And The Alienation Thereof.


554.6 Estate for life of another; nature.

Sec. 6.

     An estate for the life of a third person, whether limited to heirs or otherwise, shall be deemed a freehold only during the life of the grantee or devisee, but after his death it shall be deemed a chattel real.


History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2590 ;-- CL 1871, 4073 ;-- How. 5522 ;-- CL 1897, 8788 ;-- CL 1915, 11524 ;-- CL 1929, 12926 ;-- CL 1948, 554.6