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Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.14 (2026)

Repealed. 1949, Act 38, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949.

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Revised Statutes of 1846


R.S. of 1846


554.14 Repealed. 1949, Act 38, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949.

    Repealed. 1949, Act 38, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949.

Compiler's Notes:

    The repealed sections pertained to suspension of power of alienation; contingent remainder in fee on prior remainder in fee; successive life estates; remainders upon certain life estates; and contingent remainder on terms for years.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1949–1961 · leading case: Johnson v. Atchinson, 106 N.W.2d 748 (Mich. 1961).
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Johnson v. Atchinson, 106 N.W.2d 748 (Mich. 1961). “…Patterson’s Estate, 227 Mich 486, at 488, 489 . * CL 1897, §§ 8796, 8797 (How Stat [2d ed], §§ 5530, 5531; CL 1948, §§ 554.14, 554.15 [Stat Ann §§ 26.14, 26.15]); repealed by PA 1949, No 38 (CLS 1956, § 554.51 et seq. [ Stat Ann 1957 Rev $ 26.49(1) etseq.1).”
Bishop v. Hartman, 37 N.W.2d 885 (Mich. 1949). “The bill of complaint was filed in this case to obtain a construction of the will of deceased, a declaration and determination that the trust set up in the will of the deceased is void as contravening the statute prohibiting the suspension of the absolute power of alienation of…”
Snyder v. Potter, 43 N.W.2d 922 (Mich. 1950). “Plaintiff’s bill of complaint prays that certain of the trust provisions of the will be decreed to be void “as unduly suspensive of the right of alienation” in violation of the statute in existence at testatrix’s death (CL 1948, §§ 554.”
Miller v. Curtiss, 43 N.W.2d 834 (Mich. 1950). “Plaintiff, daughter of a deceased son of decedent, claims that the trust provision of the eighth paragraph above quoted suspends the power of alienation for more than 2 lives in being and that consequently the trust provision is void under CL 1948, §§ 554.14, 554.15 (Stat Ann §§…”
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