Michigan Laws 565.4 – Conveyance of greater estate than possessed; effect
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 565.4
- conveyance: as used in this chapter , shall be construed to embrace every instrument in writing, by which any estate or interest in real estate is created, aliened, mortgaged or assigned; or by which the title to any real estate may be affected in law or equity, except wills, leases for a term not exceeding 3 years, and executory contracts for the sale or purchase of lands. See Michigan Laws 565.35
- grantee: may be construed as including every person to whom any such interest or estate passes in like manner. See Michigan Laws 8.3e
A conveyance made by a tenant for life or years, purporting to grant a greater estate than he possessed or could lawfully convey, shall not work a forfeiture of his estate, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which such tenant could lawfully convey.