Section 35-4-231 - Character of Estate Pur Autre Vie.
Code of Alabama Article 9 - Rule in Shelley's Case. Section 35-4-231 - Character of Estate Pur Autre Vie.
An estate during the life of a third person, whether limited to his heirs or otherwise, is a freehold only during the life of the grantee or devisee; but after his death it is a chattel real.