{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-35-4-231","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 35-4-231","heading":"Character of Estate Pur Autre Vie.","body":"An estate during the life of a third person, whether limited to his heirs or otherwise, is a freehold only during the life of the grantee or devisee; but after his death it is a chattel real.","path":["Title 35 Property.","Chapter 4 Conveyances and Creation of Estates.","Article 9 Rule in Shelley’s Case."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=35-4-231","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"969c186efd61515e08141d67f445b580e54adea13b1b466dbe29ed440ce11af3","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-35-4-230","next":"us-al/ala.-code-35-4-232"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}