Sec. 4. A conveyance made by a tenant for life or years, purporting to grant a greater estate than he possessed or could lawfully convey, shall not work a forfeiture of his estate, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which such tenant could lawfully convey.
Conveyance of greater estate than possessed; effect.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.4, under Revised Statutes of 1846.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.4