Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.5 (2026)

Freehold estates; chattels real; chattel interests.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

554.5 Freehold estates; chattels real; chattel interests.

Sec. 5.

Estates of inheritance and for life shall be denominated estates of freehold; estates for years shall be denominated chattels real; and estates at will or by sufferance shall be chattel interests, but shall not be liable as such to sale on executions.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2589 ;-- CL 1871, 4072 ;-- How. 5521 ;-- CL 1897, 8787 ;-- CL 1915, 11523 ;-- CL 1929, 12925 ;-- CL 1948, 554.5

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2006–2006 · leading case: Wengel v. Wengel, 714 N.W.2d 371 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006).

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Wengel v. Wengel, 714 N.W.2d 371 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006). “” MCL 554.5. “An estate for the life of a third person, whether limited to heirs or otherwise, shall be deemed a freehold only during the life of the grantee or devisee, but after his death it shall be deemed a chattel real.”

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