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Statutes > Michigan > Chapter-554 > R-s-of-1846 > R-s-1846-554-1-62 > Section-554-4Revised Statutes of 1846 (EXCERPT)
Chapter 62. Of The Nature And Qualities Of Estates In Real And Personal Property, And The Alienation Thereof.
554.4 Estate of inheritance; remainder in fee after a fee tail; validity.
Sec. 4.
When a remainder in fee shall be limited upon any estate which would be adjudged a fee tail according to the law of the territory of Michigan as it existed previous to the time mentioned in the preceding section, such remainder shall be valid as a contingent limitation upon a fee, and shall vest in possession, on the death of the first taker, without issue living at the time of such death.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2588 ;-- CL 1871, 4071 ;-- How. 5520 ;-- CL 1897, 8786 ;-- CL 1915, 11522 ;-- CL 1929, 12924 ;-- CL 1948, 554.4
