Sec. 1. The common law rule known as the rule against perpetuities now in force in this state as to personal property shall hereafter be applicable to real property and estates and other interests therein, whether freehold or non-freehold, legal or equitable, by way of trust or otherwise, thereby making uniform the rule as to perpetuities applicable to real and personal property.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.51
Rule against perpetuities; applicability; uniformity
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 152 Mich. App. 562 - Stenke v. Masland Development Co., Inc. (1986)
Most recently applied in 272 Mich. App. 331 - Randolph v. Reisig (January 2007)
1949, Act 38, Eff
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