Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title35 PROPERTY. |
Chapter4. CONVEYANCES AND CREATION OF ESTATES. |
Article9. Rule in Shelley's Case. |
§35-4-231. Character of estate pur autre vie.
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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.