Upon the breach of a condition subsequent, which breach works a forfeiture of the estate, the person to whom the estate is limited may enter immediately.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2280; Code 1868, § 2273; Code 1873, § 2299; Code 1882, § 2299; Civil Code 1895, § 3141; Civil Code 1910, § 3721; Code 1933, § 85-906.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 28 Am. Jur. 2d, Estates, §§ 175 et seq., 189.
C.J.S.- 26A C.J.S., Deeds, §§ 304 et seq., 315 et seq., 320, 326, 331 et seq., 339 et seq., 351. 31 C.J.S., Estates, § 21 et seq. 52A C.J.S., Landlord and Tenant, § 178 et seq. 52B C.J.S., Landlord and Tenant, § 1329 et seq. 97 C.J.S., Wills, § 1414.
ALR.
- Reservation by successive grantors of reentry for breach of conditions subsequent in deeds, 114 A.L.R. 566.
Provision of will for forfeiture in case of contest, as applied to contest by one not a beneficiary, 7 A.L.R.2d 1357.
Devisability of possibility of reverter, or of right of reentry for breach of condition subsequent, 16 A.L.R.2d 1246.
Waiver of, or estoppel to assert, condition subsequent or its breach, 39 A.L.R.2d 1116.