GroundRules
Ala. Code § 35-4-232: Conveyance of Greater Estate by Tenant for Life or Years Passes His Estate.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 35 Property.
- Chapter 4 Conveyances and Creation of Estates.
- Article 9 Rule in Shelley’s Case.
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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