If the tenant for life rents the land by the year and the life estate is terminated during the year by his death or otherwise, the lessee, upon complying with his contract with the tenant for life, shall be entitled to the land for the balance of the year.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2238; Code 1868, § 2232; Code 1873, § 2258; Code 1882, § 2258; Civil Code 1895, § 3093; Civil Code 1910, § 3669; Code 1933, § 85-607.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Life Tenants and Remaindermen, §§ 65, 109 et seq.
C.J.S.- 31 C.J.S., Estates, §§ 48 et seq., 67. 51C C.J.S., Landlord and Tenant, §§ 93, 253.
ALR.
- Death of life tenant as affecting rights under lease executed by him, 6 A.L.R. 1506; 171 A.L.R. 489.
Life tenant's death as affecting rights under lease given by him, 14 A.L.R.4th 1054.