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.
Cal. Civ. Code § 840
Obligations of Owners
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 126 Cal. App. 2d 548 - Parkinson v. Caldwell (1954)
Most recently applied in Riley v. Turpin (October 1956)
Enacted 1872.
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