Alabama § 35-4-232 Conveyance of Greater Estate by Tenant for Life or Years Passes His Estate

Alabama Statutes

§ 35-4-232 — Conveyance of Greater Estate by Tenant for Life or Years Passes His Estate

Alabama § 35-4-232

Title 35Property

Ch. 4Conveyances and Creation of Estates

Art. 9Rule in Shelley’s Case

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 35-4-232 (2026).

Text

A conveyance made by a tenant for life or years, purporting to convey a greater interest than he possesses or can lawfully convey, does not work a forfeiture of his estate but passes to the grantee all the estate which the tenant could lawfully convey.

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Legislative History

(Code 1852, §1317; Code 1867, §1587; Code 1876, §2196; Code 1886, §1842; Code 1896, §1036; Code 1907, §3405; Code 1923, §6909; Code 1940, T. 47, §143.)