Property

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Edition: 2nd
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Pub. Date: 2004-05-01
Publisher(s): Wolters Kluwer
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Summary

For the Second Edition of their widely-used study guide, The authors reflect changes in the law and incorporate user feedback to make Property: Examples & Explanations even more accessible. With straightforward introductory text And The proven-effective pedagogy that is the hallmark of the Examples & Explanations series, this comprehensive paperback gives first-year students the extra assistance they need to master the fundamentals of property. the text earns the approval of both students and instructors for its: eminently clear and readable text examples and explanations that allow students to test and apply their understanding of laws and concepts six-part topical organization that matches the coverage of Dukeminier and Krier's best-selling casebook, As well as most first-year property courses citation of the same principal cases used in most leading casebooks skilled authorship; both Burke and Snoe have written other successful student texts the Second Edition introduces important changes: the first half of the book is reorganized to present the examples and explanations at the end of each chapter, making it consistent with the second half new introductory text and examples on the Third Restatement of Servitudes the takings chapter is updated with two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions: Palazzolo v. Rhode Island and Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency With its focused coverage, concise format, and problem-based pedagogy, Property: Examples & Explanations, Second Edition, rounds out any teaching package.

Author Biography

Barlow Burke: John S. Myers & Alvina Reckman Myers Scholar and Professor of Law, American University, Washington College of Law Joseph Snoe: Professor of Law, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law

Table of Contents

Prefacep. xix
Acknowledgmentsp. xxi
Possession, Personal Property, and Adverse Possession
The Law of Propertyp. 3
Introductionp. 3
Common Law Casesp. 5
Case Analysisp. 8
Personal Property and Possessionp. 13
Introduction and Definitionsp. 13
Possession, Relativity of Title, and First-in-Timep. 14
Actual Possession and the Fox Casep. 15
Customp. 17
More Uses for the Doctrine of Customp. 19
Natural Resources and Other Concernsp. 19
Water Lawp. 20
Actionable Interferencep. 21
Misappropriationp. 22
The Law of Finders and Prior Possessorsp. 29
Conversion, Replevin, and Troverp. 31
Armory v. Delamiriep. 31
Extensions of the Armory Rule--and a Right of Subrogationp. 32
Lost Property, Mislaid Property, Abandoned Property, and Treasure Trovep. 32
Other Considerationsp. 34
Instrumental Viewp. 35
Legislationp. 35
Bailmentsp. 41
Definitionp. 41
Overview of Negligence and Strict Liabilityp. 43
Specialized Bailment Issuesp. 43
Misdelivery of Bailed Propertyp. 45
When Bailed Property Is Lost or Damagedp. 47
Good Faith or Bona Fide Purchasersp. 53
Voidable Title and Bona Fide Purchasersp. 53
The UCC and Bona Fide Purchasersp. 55
Entrustmentp. 56
Giftsp. 61
Inter Vivos Giftsp. 61
Gifts Causa Mortisp. 64
Fixturesp. 69
Adverse Possessionp. 73
Introductionp. 73
Elements of Adverse Possessionp. 75
Privity and Tackingp. 80
Disabilities and Tolling the Running of the Statute of Limitationsp. 81
Life Tenants and Remaindermenp. 82
Common Law Estates and Interests in Real Property
Common Law Estates and Present Interestsp. 107
Some Historyp. 107
Estates: Some Fundamentalsp. 108
Estates and Interestsp. 109
What to Look for in Studying Freehold Estatesp. 110
Defeasible Fee Simple Estatesp. 117
Classifying Estates in Fee Simplep. 121
Future Interestsp. 129
Introductionp. 129
Distinguishing Present Interests and Future Interestsp. 129
Future Interests Retained by the Grantor or Transferorp. 130
Future Interests in Third-Party Transfereesp. 131
Vested and Contingent Remaindersp. 133
Practice Interpreting Grants with Conditions
Precedent and Conditions Subsequentp. 135
Alternative Contingent Remaindersp. 136
Why We Distinguish Vested and Contingent Remaindersp. 137
Executory Interestsp. 138
Variations on Vested Remaindersp. 139
Special Rules of Constructionp. 151
The Rule of Destructibility of Contingent Remaindersp. 151
The Merger Rulep. 153
The Rule in Shelley's Casep. 154
The Doctrine of Worthier Titlep. 156
The Rule Against Perpetuitiesp. 161
The Rule Against Perpetuitiesp. 161
Interests Not Affectedp. 162
Interests Affectedp. 162
Interests Dependent on an Eventp. 165
Grantee Identified by Description Rather Than Namedp. 168
Intergenerational Family Transfersp. 169
Effect of Class Closing Rulesp. 171
Commercial Optionsp. 174
Statutory Reforms of the Rulep. 175
Concurrent Ownershipp. 185
Tenancy in Commonp. 185
Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorshipp. 186
Distinguishing Joint Tenancies from Tenancies in Commonp. 188
Severancep. 189
Tenancy by the Entiretyp. 192
Rights and Obligations Between Co-tenantsp. 193
Partitionp. 197
Marital Propertyp. 209
Common Law Dowerp. 209
Dower Reformp. 210
The Elements of Dowerp. 210
Dower and Adverse Possessionp. 211
Dower and Wastep. 212
Release of Dowerp. 212
Barring Dowerp. 212
Forcing an Electionp. 212
Curtesyp. 212
The Modern Elective Sharep. 214
Calculating the Amount of the Elective Sharep. 214
Homesteadsp. 215
Community Propertyp. 216
The Law of Landlord and Tenant
The Landlord and Tenant Relationshipp. 225
Types of Leasesp. 225
The Landlord's Duty to Deliver Possessionp. 229
The Holdover Tenant (Briefly Now--More Later)p. 230
Transfers of the Leasep. 239
Privity of Contract and Privity of Estatep. 239
Assignments and Subleasesp. 239
The Traditional Rulep. 240
Rule of Intentp. 240
The Effect of Tenant Transfers on Privityp. 241
Real Covenantsp. 242
Landlord's Consent to a Sublease or Assignmentp. 243
Landlord Consent Provisionsp. 243
The Rule of Dumpor's Casep. 245
Transfers of the Landlord's Interestp. 245
Waste, Duty to Repair, Destruction of Leased Premises, and Security Depositsp. 251
Wastep. 251
The Measure of Damages for Wastep. 252
Fixturesp. 252
The Duty to Repairp. 253
The Destruction of the Premisesp. 254
Security Depositsp. 255
Termination and Abandoment of the Leasep. 259
Landlord Eviction of Tenant in Defaultp. 259
Self-helpp. 259
Ejectmentp. 260
Summary Possession Statutesp. 261
Tenant's Abandonment and Surrenderp. 263
Surrenderp. 263
Abandonmentp. 263
Achieving Habitable Premisesp. 271
Evictions--Actual and Otherwisep. 271
The Implied Warranty of Habitabilityp. 275
Retaliatory Eviction as a Tenant's Defense to Evictionp. 279
Illegal and Frustrated Leasesp. 281
Premises Liability of Landlordsp. 293
Landlord Liability for Criminal Actsp. 295
Exculpatory Clausesp. 296
The Holdover Tenant and Concluding Commentsp. 301
Transfers of Land
The Sales Contractp. 311
Introductionp. 311
Closingp. 312
Remedies for Breachp. 313
Real Estate Brokers and Agentsp. 313
Broker as Seller's Agentp. 315
Broker's Duty to Disclose Latent Defects to Purchasersp. 316
The Statute of Fraudsp. 317
Part Performance and Other Exceptionsp. 318
Executory Period Issuesp. 327
Introductionp. 327
Marketable Titlep. 328
Caveat Emptor and the Duty to Disclose Defectsp. 333
Time for Performancep. 334
Remedies for Breach of Sales Contractp. 335
Equitable Conversion and Risk of Lossp. 336
Real Estate Closingsp. 349
The Closing or Settlement Processp. 349
Deliveryp. 350
Mortgagesp. 354
Post-Closing Title Assurancesp. 369
Merger Doctrinep. 369
Types of Deedsp. 369
Deed Covenantsp. 370
Present Covenantsp. 372
Future Covenantsp. 373
Damagesp. 374
Attorney Feesp. 375
Remote Granteesp. 376
Implied Warranty of Qualityp. 377
After Acquired Title (Estoppel by Deed)p. 379
The Recording Systemsp. 391
Introductionp. 391
Searching a Chain of Title Using the Grantee Indexp. 393
Searching a Chain of Title Using the Grantor Indexp. 394
Searching a Tract Indexp. 394
The Recording Actsp. 395
Race or Pure Race Statutep. 395
Race-Notice Statutep. 396
Notice or Pure Notice Statutep. 399
Purchasers for Valuep. 400
Problems in Grantor-Granteep. 401
Marketable Title Actsp. 402
Title Insurancep. 404
Private Land Use Controls
Private Nuisancep. 423
Introductionp. 423
Intentional and Unintentional Interferencesp. 424
Substantial Interferencep. 425
Unreasonable Interferencep. 425
Injunctions and Damagesp. 426
Creation of Easementsp. 433
Introductionp. 433
Terminologyp. 434
Express Easementsp. 436
Easements by Estoppel and Irrevocable Licensesp. 437
Implied Easementsp. 439
Easements Implied from Prior Usep. 440
Easements Implied by Necessityp. 442
Prescriptive Easementsp. 443
Assignability, Scope, and Termination of Easementsp. 459
Assignability of Easementsp. 459
Divisibility and Apportionmentp. 460
Scope of Easementsp. 462
Termination of Easementsp. 465
Real Covenants and Equitable Servitudes: Running with the Landp. 477
Introductionp. 477
Terminologyp. 478
Identifying Real Covenants and Equitable Servitudesp. 479
Intent to Bind and Benefit Successorsp. 480
Touch and Concernp. 481
Real Covenants and the Privity of Estatep. 485
Equitable Servitudes and the Notice Requirementp. 489
Real Covenants and Equitable Servitudes: Common Schemes and Terminationp. 497
The Common Scheme and Subdivisionsp. 497
The Common Scheme and Standing to Enforce a Servitudep. 498
The Common Scheme and Notice for Recording Acts and Equitable Servitudesp. 500
The Common Scheme and the Statute of Fraudsp. 502
What Constitutes a Common Schemep. 502
Termination of Covenants and Servitudesp. 504
Public Land Use Controls
Constitutional and Statutory Constraints on Zoningp. 517
Introductionp. 517
An Introduction to Constitutional Lawp. 517
The Standard State Zoning Enabling Actp. 518
Cumulative and Noncumulative Zoningp. 519
The Constitutional Law in Euclidp. 520
Unconstitutional On Its Face and Unconstitutional As Appliedp. 523
Nonconforming Usesp. 524
Amortizationp. 525
Variances, Special Exceptions, and Zoning Amendmentsp. 531
Variancesp. 531
Special Exceptionsp. 534
Judicial Review of Variances and Special Exceptionsp. 535
Amending the Zoning Ordinancep. 536
The Problem of Spot Zoningp. 537
Initiative and Referendump. 539
Contract and Conditional Zoningp. 540
Floating Zones, Cluster Zones, and PUDsp. 540
Selected Challenges to Zoning Ordinancesp. 551
Aesthetic Regulationp. 551
Adult Entertainmentp. 555
Household Composition of Single-Family Residencesp. 557
Exclusionary Zoningp. 561
Takingsp. 573
Conventional Condemnationp. 573
Inverse Condemnationp. 575
Categorical or Per Se Takingsp. 576
Regulatory Takingsp. 579
Exactionsp. 586
Remediesp. 589
Table of Casesp. 599
Indexp. 603
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