SECTION 34-17-4

   § 34-17-4  Removal of fixtures annexed bylife tenant. – Fixtures annexed to the freehold by a life tenant, or his or her assigns, maybe removed during the continuance of the life estate, or within a reasonabletime after its determination; and in determining what things so annexed arefixtures, the rules of the common law, which prevail as between the landlordand tenant for years, shall govern.