Sec. 4. A conveyance made by a tenant for life or years, purporting to grant a greater estate than he possessed or could lawfully convey, shall not work a forfeiture of his estate, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which such tenant could lawfully convey.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.4
Conveyance of greater estate than possessed; effect
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Albro v. Allen (1990)
Most recently applied in Albro v. Allen (March 1990)
R.S. 1846, Ch. 65; CL 1857, 2723; CL 1871, 4206; How. 5654; CL 1897, 8958; CL 1915, 11690; CL 1929, 13280; CL 1948, 565.4
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