2018 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 34 - Property
Chapter 34-4 Estates in Real Property
Section 34-4-2 Grant for life with remainder to heirs in fee.

Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 34-4-2 (2018)

§ 34-4-2. Grant for life with remainder to heirs in fee.

When lands are conveyed by deed or devised by will hereafter executed, to a person for his or her life, and after his or her death to his or her heirs in fee, or by words to that legal effect, the conveyance or devise shall be construed to vest an estate for life only in the first taker and a remainder in fee simple in his or her heirs.

History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 433, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-2.)

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