Estates in real property, in respect to the duration of their enjoyment are either:
l. Estates of inheritance or perpetual estates;
2. Estates for life;
3. Estates for years; or,
4. Estates at will.
Cal. Civ. Code § 761
Estates in General
Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case German-American Sav. Bank v. Gollmer (1909)
Most recently applied in 142 Cal. App. 4th 480 - Reilly v. City and County of San Francisco (August 2006)
Enacted 1872.
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