No forfeiture shall result when a tenant for life purports to sell the entire estate in lands. In such a case, the purchaser shall acquire only the interest of the life tenant. (Orig. Code 1863, § 2242; Code 1868, § 2234; Code 1873, § 2260; Code 1882, § 2260; Civil Code 1895, § 3095; Civil Code 1910, § 3671; Code 1933, § 85-609.)
Effect of purported sale of estate by life tenant
O.C.G.A. § 44-6-87 — under Title 44.
O.C.G.A. § 44-6-87