Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.46 (2026)

Land conveyance; nominal conditions; effect of failure to perform.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

554.46 Land conveyance; nominal conditions; effect of failure to perform.

Sec. 46.

When any conditions annexed to a grant or conveyance of lands are merely nominal and evince no intention of actual and substantial benefit to the party to whom or in whose favor they are to be performed, they may be wholly disregarded, and a failure to perform the same shall in no case operate as a forfeiture of the lands conveyed subject thereto.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2630 ;-- CL 1871, 4113 ;-- How. 5562 ;-- CL 1897, 8828 ;-- CL 1915, 11564 ;-- CL 1929, 12966 ;-- CL 1948, 554.46

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1958–1999 · leading case: Huggett v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 590 N.W.2d 747 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999).

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Huggett v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 590 N.W.2d 747 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “Consequently, we find that in the instant action plaintiffs should have been precluded from challenging the state's interest in the property. Moreover, even if the doctrine of res judicata did not apply, the condition placed on the land at issue is not nominal, and the state's…”

LaFond v. City of Detroit, 98 N.W.2d 530 (Mich. 1959). “See, also, CL 1948, § 554.46 (Stat Ann 1957 Rev § 26.46). Nor do we find any impelling reason to construe-the words of the testatrix so as to hold that her sole-purpose was one of exclusion.”

Nogaj v. Nogaj, 89 N.W.2d 513 (Mich. 1958). “Mack, 243 Mich 279 ; 31 CJS, Estates, § 20b[3]; see, also, CL 1948, § 554.46 [Stat Ann 1957 Rev §-26.46]), and that breach thereof is not to be lightly inferred (Woolcott v.”

Burns v. Beckenhauer, 118 N.W.2d 263 (Mich. 1962). “CL 1948, § 554.46 (Stat Ann 1957 Rev § 26.46), provides: “When any conditions annexed to a grant or conveyance of lands are merely nominal and evince no intention of actual and substantial benefit to the party to whom or in whose favor they are to be performed, they may be…”

Kaczynski v. Lindahl, 146 N.W.2d 675 (Mich. Ct. App. 1966). “1 CL 1948, § 554.46 (Stat Ann 1957 Rev § 26.46). 2 CLS 1961, § 436.”

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