554.29 Remainder not contingency defeating prior estate; construction. Sec. 29. When a remainder on an estate for life, or for years, shall not be limited on a contingency, defeating or avoiding such precedent estate, it shall be construed as intended to take effect only on the death of the first taker, or the expiration, by lapse of time, of such term of years. History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2613 ;-- CL 1871, 4096 ;-- How. 5545 ;-- CL 1897, 8811 ;-- CL 1915, 11547 ;-- CL 1929, 12949 ;-- CL 1948, 554.29
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