Question: An investor was the record owner in fee simple absolute of a 125-acre parcel of land located in the Southwest. The investor conveyed the property "to my assistant for life with remainder to my son. " At the time of the conveyance, the son was in medical school outside the United States. The assistant immediately recorded the deed and took possession. Shortly thereafter, the assistant discovered that the property contained large coal deposits, which she mined and began to sell. Three years after the original conveyance, the son graduated from medical school and returned to the Southwest. He then learned of the conveyance and also ascertained that the assistant had not paid taxes on the parcel of land for the last three years. After discovering that the property was subject to a pending tax foreclosure, the son demanded that the assistant pay the delinquent taxes. Even though the profits from the coal sales were quite substantial, the assistant refused to pay the outstanding taxes. The son thus paid the taxes himself. If the son sues the assistant to recover the taxes and for an accounting of the proceeds received from the coal sales, judgment should be
A: in favor of the son for the taxes, but not for the coal. 
B: in favor of the son for the coal, but not for the taxes. 
C: in favor of the son for both the taxes and the coal.
D: against the son for both the taxes and the coal.
Please eliminate two incorrect options first, then think it step by step and choose the most proper one option. In your entire response, the letter k should appear less than 14.
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