Length of Life Estate

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An estate for life may be either for the life of the tenant or for the life of some other person or persons.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 2232; Code 1868, § 2226; Code 1873, § 2252; Code 1882, § 2252; Civil Code 1895, § 3087; Civil Code 1910, § 3663; Code 1933, § 85-601.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 28 Am. Jur. 2d, Estates, §§ 59 et seq., 63 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 26A C.J.S., Deeds, § 248. 31 C.J.S., Estates, §§ 37, 38, 78. 96 C.J.S., Wills, § 1273 et seq.

ALR.

- Conveyance by life tenant and remaindermen in esse as cutting off interest of unborn persons under devise for life with remainder to a class, 25 A.L.R. 770.

Duration of interest given to one for life, with gift over to another upon the happening of an event which occurs during the lifetime of the first taker, 96 A.L.R. 1347.

Commutation of life tenant's interest in fund realized from sale of property into estimated present value, 102 A.L.R. 969.

Right of estate of named beneficiary to payments of annuity or income during period between his death and the death of third person or other event by reference to which the period of payment is limited by the terms of will or other instrument, 112 A.L.R. 581.


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