Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 555.21 (2026)

Express trust; mention in instrument; invalidity of certain acts of trustee.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

555.21 Express trust; mention in instrument; invalidity of certain acts of trustee.

Sec. 21.

When the trust shall be expressed in the instrument creating the estate, every sale, conveyance, or other acts of the trustees, in contravention of the trust, shall be absolutely void.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 63 ;-- CL 1857, 2651 ;-- CL 1871, 4134 ;-- How. 5583 ;-- CL 1897, 8849 ;-- CL 1915, 11585 ;-- CL 1929, 12987 ;-- CL 1948, 555.21

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: in Re Jacobson Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2020).

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in Re Jacobson Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “Even if petitioner is correct that the original deed was void because it was in contravention of the Trust, see MCL 555.21 (“When the trust shall be expressed in the instrument creating the estate, every sale, conveyance, or other acts of the trustees, in contravention of the…”

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