# Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.4: Conveyance of greater estate than possessed; effect

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C565_AR-S-of-1846_S565.4

## Section

- **Citation:** Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.4
- **Heading:** Conveyance of greater estate than possessed; effect
- **Jurisdiction:** Michigan
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 565.4

## Text

Sec. 4.

A 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.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65; CL 1857, 2723; CL 1871, 4206; How. 5654; CL 1897, 8958; CL 1915, 11690; CL 1929, 13280; CL 1948, 565.4

## Nearby sections

- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.1 Conveyance of land made by deed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C565_AR-S-of-1846_S565.1.md)
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- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.7 Conveyance of land adversely possessed; validity.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C565_AR-S-of-1846_S565.7.md)
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- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.13 Conveyance by nonresident married person; effect; procedure.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C565_AR-S-of-1846_S565.13.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.14 Deed; failure to acknowledge; proof by witness of execution.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C565_AR-S-of-1846_S565.14.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.15 Deed; failure to acknowledge; proof of handwriting where witnesses are unobtainable.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C565_AR-S-of-1846_S565.15.md)
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