70-16-103. Duties of life tenant. The owner of a life estate must keep the buildings and fences in repair from ordinary waste and must pay the taxes and other annual charges and a just proportion of extraordinary assessments benefiting the whole inheritance.
History: En. Sec. 1300, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4534, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6776, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 840; Field Civ. C. Sec. 272; re-en. Sec. 6776, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-801.
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