A conveyance made by a tenant for life or years, purporting to grant a greater estate than the tenant possessed or could lawfully convey, shall not work a forfeiture of the estate of a tenant for life or years, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which such tenant could lawfully convey.
Minn. Stat. § 507.19
CONVEYANCE BY TENANT FOR LIFE OR YEARS; NO FORFEITURE.
Known as the Minnesota Real Property Electronic Recording Act
The act spans §§ 507–507 (74 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Weber v. Eisentrager (1993)
Most recently applied in Weber v. Eisentrager (April 1993)
(8210) RL s 3343; 1986 c 444
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.