A pur autre vie life estate ends when the life of which person?

A pur autre vie life estate ends when the life of which person?

• A. The grantee
• B. The measuring life of the grantor
• C. A person other than the grantee
• D. The state's life expectancy

Answer: (C)

Pur autre vie life estate is a life estate whose duration is measured by the life of someone else, not the life tenant. The holder can possess and use the property only while that other person is alive; when that measuring person dies, the estate ends and the property reverts (to the grantor or to the designated remainderman). So the end occurs at the death of a person other than the grantee. The measuring life could be the grantor or another party, but the crucial point is it must be a third person, not the grantee.

Pur autre vie life estate is a life estate whose duration is measured by the life of someone else, not the life tenant. The holder can possess and use the property only while that other person is alive; when that measuring person dies, the estate ends and the property reverts (to the grantor or to the designated remainderman). So the end occurs at the death of a person other than the grantee. The measuring life could be the grantor or another party, but the crucial point is it must be a third person, not the grantee.