{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-35-4-232","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 35-4-232","heading":"Conveyance of Greater Estate by Tenant for Life or Years Passes His Estate.","body":"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.","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=35-4-232","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"fe59ff58a562a2aa80c85b9f1682a90ae31fd87bea592f38b564910f4f239605","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-35-4-231","next":"us-al/ala.-code-35-4-250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}