Section 43-8-1 - Rights of life tenant--Use of land--Exception.
43-8-1. Rights of life tenant--Use of land--Exception. The owner of a life estate may use the land in the same manner as the owner of a fee simple, except that he must do no act to the injury of the inheritance.
Source: CivC 1877, § 256; CL 1887, § 2772; RCivC 1903, § 279; RC 1919, § 349; SDC 1939, § 51.0706.