Section 43-8-2 - Building and fences--Duty of life tenant to repair, and pay taxes and assessments. - South Dakota Statutes

43-8-2. Building and fences--Duty of life tenant to repair, and pay taxes and assessments. The owner of a life estate must keep the building 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.

Source: CivC 1877, § 271; CL 1887, § 2787; RCivC 1903, § 294; RC 1919, § 364; SDC 1939, § 51.0710.