Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 507.19 (2026)

Conveyance By Tenant For Life Or Years; No Forfeiture

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A conveyance made by a tenant for life or years, purporting to grant a greater estate than the tenant possessed or could lawfully convey, shall not work a forfeiture of the estate of a tenant for life or years, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which such tenant could lawfully convey.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1992–1993 · leading case: Weber v. Eisentrager, 498 N.W.2d 460 (Minn. 1993).

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Weber v. Eisentrager, 498 N.W.2d 460 (Minn. 1993). · cites it 4× “In light of the axiom that one can only convey what one has, embodied in Minn.Stat. §§ 507.19 (1992) and 500.15 (1992), it appears impossible to create a source of title, (i.”

Weber v. Eisentrager, 490 N.W.2d 131 (Minn. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 4× “*134 Appellants cite Minn.Stat. § 507.19 (1945). It provides that a life tenant cannot transfer an interest in property greater than that possessed by the life tenant.”

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