{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-565.4","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.4","heading":"Conveyance of greater estate than possessed; effect.","body":"Sec. 4.\n\nA conveyance made by a tenant for life or years, purporting to grant a greater estate than he possessed or could lawfully convey, shall not work a forfeiture of his estate, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which such tenant could lawfully convey.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 565","Act R-S-of-1846"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-565-4","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"9452928f308cb47747fe6d6f81d95f65f843a000bf65e38711d14121da2cf45e","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-565.39","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-565.40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}