SECTION 55-6. Same estates may be created by deed as by will  

Any interest in or claim to real estate, including easements in gross, may be disposed of by deed or will. Any estate may be made to commence in futuro, by deed, in like manner as by will; and any estate which would be good as an executory devise or bequest shall be good if created by deed.

Code 1919, § 5147; 1962, c. 169.