Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.1 (2026)

Estates in lands; kinds as respects length of enjoyment.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

554.1 Estates in lands; kinds as respects length of enjoyment.

Sec. 1.

Estates in lands are divided into estates of inheritance, estates for life, estates for years, and estates at will and by sufferance.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2585 ;-- CL 1871, 4068 ;-- How. 5517 ;-- CL 1897, 8783 ;-- CL 1915, 11519 ;-- CL 1929, 12921 ;-- CL 1948, 554.1

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1964–2010 · leading case: Tkachik v. Mandeville, 790 N.W.2d 260 (Mich. 2010).

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Tkachik v. Mandeville, 790 N.W.2d 260 (Mich. 2010). · cites it 2× “2 See, generally, MCL 554.1 et seq. 3 A tenancy in common, the default and most prevalent form of a concurrent estate, arises “‘[w]here two or more [persons] hold possession of lands or tenements at the same time, by several and distinct titles.”

Wengel v. Wengel, 714 N.W.2d 371 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006). “” MCL 554.1 (emphasis added). A life estate is a freehold estate but not an estate of inheritance.”

Silvester v. Snow, 129 N.W.2d 382 (Mich. 1964). “1 CL 1948, § 554.1 (Stat Ann 1957 Rev § 26.1). 2 16 Michigan Civil Jurisprudence, Life Estates, Remainders & Reversions, § 9, pp 13-15.”

People v. Harbin, 450 N.W.2d 24 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). “See also 2 Gillespie, Michigan Criminal Law & Procedure (2d ed), § 554.1, p 30, 1989 Cum Supp, pp 9-13. Our review of the record convinces us that the prosecution in this case did not intentionally and persistently obstruct or deliberately interfere with the defense attorney’s…”

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