This section is from the book "Handbook On The Law Of Real Property", by Earl P. Hopkins. Also available from Amazon: Handbook on the law of real property.
24. For the creation of a fee tail there must be added to the words necessary to limit a fee simple other words which restrict the inheritance to the heirs of the body of the first taker:
25. An estate tail cannot be created out of a chattel interest in lands.
 
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