55-219 - Apportionment on purchase of part of land by holder of rent, etc.

§ 55-219. Apportionment on purchase of part of land by holder of rent, etc.

When the holder of a rent shall purchase part of the land out of which thesame issues, the rent shall be apportioned in like manner as if the land hadcome to him by descent; and when the holder of land, being part of land outof which a rent shall be issuing, shall purchase such rent or part thereof,the rent so purchased shall be apportioned as aforesaid.

(Code 1919, § 5547.)