Sec. 3. All estates tail are abolished, and every estate which would be adjudged a fee tail, according to the law of the territory of Michigan, as it existed before the second day of March, 1821, shall for all purposes be adjudged a fee simple; and if no valid remainder be limited thereon, shall be a fee simple absolute.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.3
Estate of inheritance; fee tail; abolition, declaration as fee simple
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case West v. McLoughlin (1972)
Most recently applied in West v. McLoughlin (July 1972)
R.S. 1846, Ch. 62; CL 1857, 2587; CL 1871, 4070; How. 5519; CL 1897, 8785; CL 1915, 11521; CL 1929, 12923; CL 1948, 554.3
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