117 Iowa 309 | Iowa | 1902
Plaintiff concedes that, under the rule of the common law, there could be no apportionment of rent not due at the time of the death of the life tenant, but contends that, under section 2988 of the Code she is entitled to a ratable rent for the time between March 1 and June 15, 1899. This statute, and like statutes in other states, were undoubtedly enacted following the principle of the statute (11 Geo. II, chapter 19, section 15) and, by considering the purpose of that statute, we may easily determine the purpose of our own. Before the enactment of the English statute there was no apportionment of rent in respect to time, and, if the life tenant died an hour before the rent reserved became due, it went to the reversioner;