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Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.101 (2026)

Expectant estate in realty or personalty; death of owner prior to possession, effect.

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DEVOLUTION OF EXPECTANT ESTATES

Act 211 of 1931

554.101 Expectant estate in realty or personalty; death of owner prior to possession, effect.

Sec. 1.

In all cases where the owner of an expectant estate, right or interest in real or personal property, shall die prior to the termination of the precedent or intermediate estate, if the contingency arises by which such owner would have been entitled to an estate in possession if living, his heirs at law if he died intestate, or his devisees or grantees and assigns if he shall have devised or conveyed such right or interest, shall be entitled to the same estate in possession.

History: 1931, Act 211, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 554.101

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1961–1972 · leading case: Old Mission Peninsula Sch. Dist. v. French, 107 N.W.2d 758 (Mich. 1961).

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Old Mission Peninsula Sch. Dist. v. French, 107 N.W.2d 758 (Mich. 1961). “35), effective 1847, and CL 1948, § 554.101 (Stat Ann 1957 Rev -§ 26.47), effective 1931.”

West v. McLoughlin, 201 N.W.2d 336 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972). “MCLA 554.101; MSA 26.47, modifying the common-law rule on devolution of expectant estates, is inapplicable since the amendatory legislation became operative following the effective date of the will, Stevens v Wildey, 281 Mich 377, 380 (1937), and the contingency by which they…”

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