GroundRules
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-1-9: The rule in Shelley’s Case abolished.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 89. Real and Personal Property
- Chapter 1. Land and Conveyances
- In General
A conveyance or devise of land or other property to any person for life, with remainder to his heirs or heirs of his body, shall be held to create an estate for life in such person, with remainder to his heirs or heirs of his body, who shall take as purchasers, by virtue of the remainder so limited to them.
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