Georgia Code
Article 5 - Life Estates
§ 44-6-86. Rights of Lessee Upon Termination of Life Estate

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.
History. 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.