easements Flashcards

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easement

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grant of NONPOSSESSORY PROPERTY INTEREST that entitles holder to use/enjoyment of another’s land

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affirmative easement

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right to go onto and do something on SERVIENT land

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negative easement & when recognized?

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right to prevent SERVIENT landowner from doing something otherwise permissible; L.A.S.S.
Light
Air
Support
Stream water from an artificial flow

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negative easement - creation

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only created EXPRESSLY by writing signed by grantor

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define appurtenant

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relevant/useful/helpful to easement holder’s use/enjoyment of his own parcel

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is an appurtenant easement transferable?

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yes; passes AUTOMATICALLY with transfers of the dominant tenement, regardless of whether mentioned in conveyance

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is the burden of the easement appurtenant transferable?

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yes; burden also passes AUTOMATICALLY with new servient estate, UNLESS new owner is a BFP without notice of easement

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is an easement in gross transferable?

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no, UNLESS it is for commercial purposes

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how is an easement created?

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P.I.N.G.
- prescription
- implication
- necessity
- grant

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what is needed to create easement by grant?

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must be memorialized in WRITING and signed by servient tenement holder
EXCEPTION where duration is brief enough to be outside SOF coverage

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easement creation by implication

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created by operation of LAW; exception to SOF, which would otherwise require these to be in writing

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easement by implication: implied from preexisting use

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  • previous use (or use prior to division of one lot) on the servient party was APPARENT and CONTINUOUS; and
  • parties expected that use would SURVIVE DIVISION because it’s reasonably necessary to dominant tenement’s use/enjoyment
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easement creation by necessity

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implied when landowner conveys a portion of her land with no way out except over some part of the grantor’s remaining land;
servient tenement owner has right to locate easement

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easement creation by prescription

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analogous to adverse possession; C.O.A.H.
- continued and uninterrupted use for given statutory period
- open and notorious
- actual use (need not be exclusive)
- hostile use (i.e., without servient owner’s consent)

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easement by express reservation

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grantor conveys title to land but reserves right to use tract for special purpose

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effect of easement overuse or misuse

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overuse or misuse does NOT terminate the easement; appropriate remedy for servient owner is injunction against misuse

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can an easement expand?

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no, the easement holder cannot unilaterally expand the easement for use on newly acquired land or that exceeds the scope of original purpose

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how to terminate easement

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END CRAMP
- estoppel
- necessity
- destruction
- condemnation
- release
- abandonment
- merger
- prescription
- (or under easement’s stated conditions)

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easement termination by merger

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easement extinguished when complete unity of ownership/title achieved

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easement termination by prescription

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servient owner may extinguish with adverse possession elements; C.O.A.H.
- continuous interference
- open and notorious
- actual
- hostile to easement holder

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license

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mere PRIVILEGE to enter another’s land for delineated purpose

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distinguish license from easement

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a license is not an interest in land; merely a privilege, REVOCABLE at licensor’s will

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license transferability

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inalienable; any attempt to transfer results in revocation by operation of law

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writing required for license?

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no, because it is not subject to SOF (not an interest in land!!)

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attempt to create easement without writing?
failed attempt to create easement results in LICENSE
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license revocation?
freely revocable UNLESS estoppel bars revocation
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when does estoppel bar license revocation?
only when licensee invested substantial money, labor, or both in reasonable reliance on license's continuation
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profit
entitles holder to enter servient land and take resources (ex. minerals, timber, or oil from the soil; fish or game as product of property)
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