§7501. Remedy if tenant commits waste If a tenant in dower, by curtesy, for life or for years commits or suffers any waste on the premises, the person having the next immediate estate of inheritance may recover the place wasted and the damages done to the premises in an action against him. An heir may […]
§7502. Damages Any issue of fact shall be tried by a jury, with or without a view of the premises, as the court orders. The jury that inquires of the waste shall assess the damages.
§7503. Action by remainderman or reversioner The remainderman or reversioner for life or for years only or in fee simple or fee tail, after an intervening estate for life, may maintain such action and recover the damages which he has suffered by the waste.
§7504. Death of tenant Such action may be originally commenced against the executors or administrators of the tenant, or if commenced against him, it may be prosecuted against them after his death.
§7505. No waste by part owner without notice If any joint tenant or tenant in common of undivided lands cuts down, destroys or carries away trees, timber, wood or underwood, standing or lying on such lands, or digs up or carries away ore, stone or other valuable thing found thereon, or commits strip or waste, […]
§7506. Single damages only If the jury finds that the defendant in such action has good reason to believe himself the owner of the land in severalty, or that he and those under whom he claims had been in exclusive possession thereof, claiming it as their own, for 3 years next before the acts complained […]
§7507. Injunctions If a defendant in an action to recover possession of real estate or a person whose real estate is attached in a civil action commits any act of waste thereon, or threatens or makes preparations to do so, the Superior Court may issue an injunction to stay such waste; but notice shall first […]
