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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-6-84. Ownership of increase of property.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-6-84. Ownership of increase of property.

The natural increase of the property shall belong to the tenant for life. Any extraordinary accumulation of the corpus, such as an issue of new stock upon the share of a corporation, shall attach to the corpus and go with it to the remainderman.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2236; Code 1868, § 2230; Code 1873, § 2256; Code 1882, § 2256; Civil Code 1895, § 3091; Civil Code 1910, § 3667; Code 1933, § 85-605.

## Law Reviews

For note, ‘‘Determining Principal and Income Allocation in Georgia Trusts,’’ see 8 Ga. St. B.J. 564 (1972).