Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.6 (2026)

Estate for life of another; nature.

✓ current as of July 2026

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

554.6 Estate for life of another; nature.

Sec. 6.

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.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2590 ;-- CL 1871, 4073 ;-- How. 5522 ;-- CL 1897, 8788 ;-- CL 1915, 11524 ;-- CL 1929, 12926 ;-- CL 1948, 554.6

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). · cites it 2× “[MCL 554.6]. A life estate to a class collectively creates an estate for one life only — the life of the one who lives the longest.”

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