Where a remainder created by a deed or will is limited to the heirs, issue, or heirs of the body of a person to whom a life estate in the same property is given, the persons who, on the termination of the life estate, are the heirs, issue, or heirs of the body of such tenant for life are entitled to take as purchasers by virtue of the remainder so limited to them.
Ala. Code § 35-4-230 (1975)