Sec. 5. Estates of inheritance and for life shall be denominated estates of freehold; estates for years shall be denominated chattels real; and estates at will or by sufferance shall be chattel interests, but shall not be liable as such to sale on executions.
Freehold estates; chattels real; chattel interests.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.5, under Revised Statutes of 1846.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.5