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2013 Mississippi Code
Title 89 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 1 - LAND AND CONVEYANCES
IN GENERAL
§ 89-1-9 - The rule in Shelley's Case abolished


MS Code § 89-1-9 (2013) What's This?

A conveyance or devise of land or other property to any person for life, with remainder to his heirs or heirs of his body, shall be held to create an estate for life in such person, with remainder to his heirs or heirs of his body, who shall take as purchasers, by virtue of the remainder so limited to them.

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