70-16-102. Rights of life tenant. The owner of a life estate may use the land in the same manner as the owner of a fee simple, except that the owner of the life estate may not do an act to the injury of the inheritance.
History: En. Sec. 1270, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4518, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6760, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Sec. 818; Field Civ. C. Sec. 257; re-en. Sec. 6760, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-701; amd. Sec. 2116, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 16. Rights and Obligations Incidental to Ownership in Real Property
70-16-101. Rights of owner in fee -- above and below surface
70-16-102. Rights of life tenant
70-16-103. Duties of life tenant
70-16-104. Rights of tenant for years or at will
70-16-105. Remedy of person having remainder or reversion
70-16-106. Action for waste -- treble damages
70-16-107. Trespass for taking timber
70-16-109. Summary proceedings for possession -- where provisions found