Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.3 (2026)
Estate of inheritance; fee tail; abolition, declaration as fee simple.
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Revised Statutes of 1846
R.S. of 1846
554.3 Estate of inheritance; fee tail; abolition, declaration as fee simple.
Sec. 3.
All estates tail are abolished, and every estate which would be adjudged a fee tail, according to the law of the territory of Michigan, as it existed before the second day of March, 1821, shall for all purposes be adjudged a fee simple; and if no valid remainder be limited thereon, shall be a fee simple absolute.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2587 ;-- CL 1871, 4070 ;-- How. 5519 ;-- CL 1897, 8785 ;-- CL 1915, 11521 ;-- CL 1929, 12923 ;-- CL 1948, 554.3
FormerLaw Notes:
See Act of March 2, 1821; Code of 1820, p. 393; 1 Terr. Laws 815; and Revision of 1827, p. 261.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1951–1972 · leading case: Thompson v. Thompson, 46 N.W.2d 437 (Mich. 1951).
Thompson v. Thompson, 46 N.W.2d 437 (Mich. 1951). “- (For present statutory provisions see CL 1948, § 554.3 [Stat Ann § 26.3].) Involved was a will executed in 1829 and a testator who died soon afterwards.”
West v. McLoughlin, 201 N.W.2d 336 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972). “1 See MCLA 554.3; MSA 26.3; MCLA 554.4; MSA 26.”
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