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Title 33: PROPERTY

Chapter 7: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE

Subchapter 1: ESTATES PASSING

§157. Conveyance of greater estate, conveys only interest owned

A conveyance of a greater estate than he can lawfully convey, made by a tenant for life or years, will pass what estate he has and will not work a forfeiture, and no expectant estate can be defeated by any act of the owner of the precedent estate or by any destruction of it, except as provided in section 156.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Maine > Title33 > Title33ch7sec0 > Title33sec157

Title 33: PROPERTY

Chapter 7: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE

Subchapter 1: ESTATES PASSING

§157. Conveyance of greater estate, conveys only interest owned

A conveyance of a greater estate than he can lawfully convey, made by a tenant for life or years, will pass what estate he has and will not work a forfeiture, and no expectant estate can be defeated by any act of the owner of the precedent estate or by any destruction of it, except as provided in section 156.


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Maine > Title33 > Title33ch7sec0 > Title33sec157

Title 33: PROPERTY

Chapter 7: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE

Subchapter 1: ESTATES PASSING

§157. Conveyance of greater estate, conveys only interest owned

A conveyance of a greater estate than he can lawfully convey, made by a tenant for life or years, will pass what estate he has and will not work a forfeiture, and no expectant estate can be defeated by any act of the owner of the precedent estate or by any destruction of it, except as provided in section 156.