Me. Stat. tit. 33 § 157

Current through 131st (2023-2024) Legislature Chapter 684
Section 157 - Conveyance of greater estate, conveys only interest owned

A conveyance of a greater estate than he can lawfully convey, made by a tenant for life or years, will pass what estate he has and will not work a forfeiture, and no expectant estate can be defeated by any act of the owner of the precedent estate or by any destruction of it, except as provided in section 156.

33 M.R.S. § 157