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Descent And Distribution-Necessity Of Administration Of Decedents' Estates-Effect Of Statutes Which Change The Devolution Of Personal Property, Neal Seegert S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

It is almost an axiom of the common law that upon the death of a person the title to his personal property vests in his personal representative. On the other hand it is equally axiomatic that title to real property descends directly to the heirs or devisees, subject to the control of the personal representative and the probate court for purposes of satisfying the debts of the decedent in the absence of sufficient personalty. A number of jurisdictions, however, have by statute altered the common-law doctrine and have provided that title to both personalty and realty passes directly to the …