44-6-83. Rights and duties of life tenant; forfeiture of interest to remainderman.

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The tenant for life shall be entitled to the full use and enjoyment of the property if in such use he exercises the ordinary care of a prudent man for its preservation and protection and commits no acts which would permanently injure the remainder or reversion interest. For the want of such care or the willful commission of such acts, the tenant for life shall forfeit his interest to the remainderman if the remainderman elects to claim immediate possession.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2235; Code 1868, § 2229; Code 1873, § 2255; Code 1882, § 2255; Civil Code 1895, § 3090; Civil Code 1910, § 3666; Code 1933, § 85-604.

Law reviews

For article surveying recent legislative and judicial developments in Georgia’s real property laws, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1979). For comment on Graham v. Bryant, 211 Ga. 856, 89 S.E.2d 640 (1955), see 19 Ga. B.J. 362 (1957).

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Text read from t44-ch1-7-(v31)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V31, 2010 edition, pages 665 to 666; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 490191d3dc54.