Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.4 (2026)
Estate of inheritance; remainder in fee after a fee tail; validity.
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Revised Statutes of 1846
R.S. of 1846
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
Notes of Decisions
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case, 1972–1972 · leading case: West v. McLoughlin, 201 N.W.2d 336 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972).
West v. McLoughlin, 201 N.W.2d 336 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972). “3; MCLA 554.4; MSA 26.4. Per contra, we approvingly quote from the order of the St.”
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