All grants or devises of an estate in lands, to any person for life and then to his heirs, shall be only an estate for life in the grantee or devisee. All collateral warranties of lands, made by any ancestor who had no estate of inheritance in the same, at the time of making such warranty, shall be void as against his heirs.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-4
Rule in Shelley's case, and collateral warranties, abolished
Known as the Dormant Mineral Interests Act
The act spans §§ 47–47 (84 sections).
(1949 Rev., S. 7084; P.A. 79-602, S. 6.) History: P.A. 79-602 made slight change in wording, splitting one sentence into two.
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.