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Assignment

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Tenant transfers interest in whole; transfers ENTIRE REMAINING TERM OF LEASE

After assignment –> original T no longer in privity of estate/not liable

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Sublease

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Transfers interest in part, original T retains some part of the remaining term, other than right to reenter upon breach

  • Sublessee is the T of original lessee
  • LL and sublease not privity of estate or privity of K
  • Sublessee can’t enforce any covenants made by LL in lease, unless residential sublease then may be able to enforce implied warranty of habitability
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Common Law Caveat Lessee - Buyer Beware

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LL under no duty to make premises safe, except for in following situations “CLAPS”

C: common areas
L: latent defects
A: assumption of repairs, must complete with reasonable care
P: public use – LL liable for defects on premises that cause injury to public
S: Short term lease of furnished dwelling; LL’s responsible for any defective condition which injures tenant

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Modern Trend LL Tort Liability = General Duty of Reasonable Care

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LL owes general duty of reasonable care towards residential tenants

  • liable for injuries in tort resulting from ordinary negligence if LL had notice of defect + opportunity to repair it
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Fixtures

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Chattel that is so affixed to real property that it ceases being personal property

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Accession

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When an article of personal property “accession” becomes an integral part of the property, even though it’s not physically annexed to the property - fixture becomes integral part of the realty

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Manifest intent to determine whether chattel becomes a fixture

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(I) relationship between annexor and premises
(ii) degree of annexation;
(iii) nature and use of chattel

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Easement

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grant of nonpossessory property interest that entitles its holder to some form of use or enjoyment of another’s land; presumed to be perpetual duration unless otherwise specified

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Affirmative easement

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Right to use someone else’s land

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Negative easement

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Right to prevent something on another’s land

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Easement appurtenant

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Involves two tracts of land:

  1. Dominant parcel - has benefit which runs to grantees regardless of mentioned in conveyance
  2. Servient parcel - burden, which runs to grantees with notice
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Easement in Gross

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Involves one tract of land; only servient land burdened there is no dominant parcel

Example: right to swim in another’s pond, utility company right to lay power on lot, billboard on another lot

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Creating Easements = PING

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  1. Prescription: through adverse possesion
  2. Implication
  3. Necessity
  4. Grant
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Easements by Implication

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  1. Easements implied by preexisting use when:
    - previous use on the servant land was apparent and continuous AND;
    - parties expected that the use would survive division because it’s reasonably necessary to dominant tenements use and enjoyment
  2. Easements Implied Without Preexisting Use:
    - Subdivision: w/ lots sold in subdivision with reference to a recorded map
  • Profit a prendre: implied easement to pass over land and use as reasonably necessary to extract minerals/product from land
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Easement by Necessity

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Implied when a landowner conveys a portion of her land with no way out except over some part of the grantor’s land (landlocked parcel)

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Easement by Grant

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In writing signed by holder of servient tenement, unless duration is so brief falls outside SOF

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Terminating Easements = ENDCRAMP

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  1. Estoppel
  2. Necessity
  3. Destruction
  4. Condemnation
  5. Release
  6. Abandonment
  7. Merger
  8. Prescription
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Easement termination by estoppel

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oral expression of intent to abandon won’t generally terminate an easement, unless it’s also committed to writing OR accompanied by abandonment

  1. Some conduct/assertion by the owner of the easement AND
  2. Reasonable reliance by the owner of the servient tenement coupled with;
  3. Change of position
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Easement termination by necessity

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Expire as soon as necessity ends, unless easement was reduced to express grant

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Easement termination by destruction

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Destruction of servient tenement, other than through willful conduct of servient owner, terminates easement

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Easement termination by condemnation

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governmental eminent domain power terminates easement

*easements AND nonexclusive profits = property right which entitle holders to compensation for any condemnation proceeding

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Easement termination by release

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Release in writing given by the servient land owner will terminate easement

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Easement termination by abandonment

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Must show physical action for an intent to never use easement again; words alone not sufficient

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Easement termination by merger

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Easement extinguished when title to easement and title to servient land become vested in same person

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License

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Mere permission to enter land of another for narrow purpose
- may be revoked at any time merely by a manifestation of the licensor’s intent to end it
- don’t need to be in writing
- tickets create freely revocable licenses
- license + interest = irrevocable as long as interest lasts

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Profit

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Nonpossessory interest in land that allows profit holder to enter servient tenement to remove resources

  • shares rules of easements
  • entitled to compensation if government condemnation
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Real Covenants

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Written promise to do/not to do something related to the land; contractual limitation

Negative: promise to refrain from doing something

Affirmative: promise to do something

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Real Covenant - Requirement for burden to run to later grantees

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  1. Intent - inferred from language/cirucmstances in the deed
  2. Notice
  3. Horizontal privity
  4. Vertical privity
  5. Touch and concern - affect parties in legal relation as landowners
  6. Notice - actual/inquiry/record
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Real Covenant - Requirement for Benefit to Run to Later Grantees

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  1. Intent - inferred from language/circumstances in the deed
  2. Vertical Privity
  3. Touch and Concern - affect parties in legal relation as landowners
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Horizontal Privity

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Nexus between original promising parties; requires they be in succession of estate (mortgagor/mortgagee; landlord/tenant)

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Vertical Privity

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Nexus between successor in interest and originally covenanting party
- Contract; devisee; descent
- Absent when successor acquires interest through AP

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Equitable Servitude

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Promise that equity will enforce against successors of burdened land regardless of whether it runs with the land, unless the successor is a BFP

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How is equitable servitude created?

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  1. Originally in writing (generally not always)
  2. Intent: original parties intended promise to be enforceable by and against successors
  3. Touch and Concern: promise affects parties as landowners
  4. Notice: subsequent purchasers burdened by covenant had some form of notice (look to recording act)
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Common Scheme Doctrine –> Court will imply reciprocal negative servitude to hold unrestricted lot holder to promise

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  1. When sales begin, subdivider had a general scheme of residential development which included the defendants lot;
    - can be evidenced by recorded plat, general pattern, oral rep
  2. Defendant lot holder had notice of promise contained in prior deed when it took:
    - actual: in deed/prior deed
    - implied: lay of the land
    - record: imputed to buyers on recorded documents

**if scheme arises after some lots are sold, then general scheme will NOT apply

**will not enforce if neighborhood conditions have so changed/unclean hands/etc.

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Adverse Possession

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Possession for statutory period can turn into title of real property when COAH

C: Continuous/uninterrupted use
O: open use = visual/visible
A: Actual and exclusive; only to the title they actually occupy as long as not sharing with actual owner
H: hostile/without true owners permission

If adverse possessor enters under color of title –> deemed to be in constructive possession of all land deed describes, as long as in actual possession of reasonable portion of the land

  • one may tack onto predecessors time so long as their is privity
  • statute begins to run when owner brings suit (does not run if owner under disability @ time)
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Marketable title

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Land sale contracts contain an implied covenant that seller will deliver title free from an unreasonable risk of litigation at closing

Examples of defects:
- encumbrances
- existing zoning violation (not just mere presence)
- defects in chain of title

If title not marketable –> buyer must notify seller and give seller reasonable time to cure defects

If seller fails to cure –> buyer can rescind, sue for damages, specific performance

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Land Sale Contract

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Must be in writing for SOF:
1. Identify the parties;
2. Describe the property
3. Include the price/means of determining the price (FMV)

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Deed

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  1. Words of intent to transfer
  2. Description of land and parties
  3. Grantor’s signature
  • Effective on delivery; acceptance presumed unless facts indicate not accepted

*if inconsistency in description of deed AND # physical acres –> physical acres takes precedence over quantity indicated in the deed

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Conveyance by Will

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Valid so long as there is:

  1. Donative intent;
  2. Delivery;
  3. Acceptance
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Ademption

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If property specifically devised in will, but T longer ones it at time of death then GIFT FAILS

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Lapse/Anti Lapse

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Look for these statutes; when beneficiary of gift in a will dies before the testator

If anti-lapse statute –> can pass to beneficiaries descendants if he and testator were related (CL rule)

If not related, can only pass to beneficiaries descendants if Modern Law jurisdiction

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General Warranty Deed

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Covenants against any title defects created by the grantor/prior title holders

All six covenants

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Special Warranty Deed

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Covenants against title defects created by the grantor

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Quitclaim Deed

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No covenants; transfers whatever interest grantor has at time

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Present covenants = breached at time of conveyance

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  1. covenant of seisin: grantor owns estate
  2. covenant of right to convey: grantor has power to transfer
  3. covenant against encumbrances: no servitudes/liens on land
  • Majority rule: present covenants don’t run with land and can’t be enforced by remote grantees
  • Minority rule: remote grantee can sue on present covenants unless grantee had notice. If no notice –> may be entitled to damages
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Future covenants = not breached until grantee is in possession

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  1. Covenant of quiet enjoyment: grantor promises grantee will not be disturbed in possession by a third party’s lawful claim of title
  2. Covenant of warranty: grantor promises to defend against reasonable claims of title by third party and to compensate grantee for any loss sustained by claim of superior title
  3. Covenant for further assurances: grantor promises to do whatever is needed to perfect grantee’s title if later turns out to be imperfect
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Joint Tenancy

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Two or more co-tenants with right of survivorship (T-TIP) needs to be expressly created “right of survivorship”

Time: at the same time
Title: by the same title
I: Identical, equal interests
P: Rights to possess the whole

*severance terminates and tenancy in common remains

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Tenants by the Entirety

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Two spouses with right of survivorship (only way its created)

  • created expressly or presumed in some states by a grant to spouses, severed by divorce
49
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Tenants in common

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Two or more co-tenants; no right of survivorship

  • Default co-tenancy if not specified
  • If other tenancies severed; this is presumptively created
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Tenancy in Common

Right to Rents/Profits

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  1. Co-tenant in exclusive possession not liable to other co-tenant for rent, unless ouster or agreement otherwise
  2. If there are net profits from exploitation of land –> must share profits w/ co-tenant
  3. Co-tenant who leases all or part of the premises to third party –> should provide fair share of rental income to co-tenant
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Bona Fide Purchaser

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A purchaser who paid valuable consideration AND takes without notice of the prior conveyance

  • cannot be one who received by gift, will, or inheritance
  • BFP’s not protected against interests arising out of operation of law; adverse possession
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Actual Notice

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Literal knowledge

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Inquiry Notice

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Buyer on inquiry notice of whatever an examination of Blackacre would have revealed

Includes when a recorded instrument makes reference to unrecorded transaction

54
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Record Notice

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Buyer on record notice of deeds that are properly recorded within chain of title

55
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Race Notice Jurisdiction

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“FIRST” & “NOTICE”

No notice AND must record first to prevail

“Any conveyance of an interest in land, other than a lease for less than one year, shall not be valid against any subsequent purchaser fro value, without notice thereof, whose conveyance is first recorded.”

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Shelter Rule

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Transferees who take from a BFP will prevail against any interest the BFP would have prevailed against

Steps into shoes of BFP

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Notice Jurisdiction

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Last BFP to enter wins, regardless of who recorded first

“NOTICE”

“A conveyance of an interest in land, other than a lease for less than one year, shall not be valid against any subsequent purchaser for value, without NOTICE thereof, unless the conveyance is recorded.”

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Race-Notice Jurisdiction

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No notice AND first to record WINS!

“FIRST & NOTICE”

“Any conveyance of an interest in land, other than a lease for less than one year, shall not be valid against any subsequent purchaser for value, without NOTICE thereof, whose conveyance is FIRST recorded.”

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Wild Deeds

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Do not give record notice because not in chain of title

Can give

60
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Mortgage

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Agreement that if mortgagor quits paying, the land can be sold to mortgagee (lender)

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Lien Theory Majority

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Joint tenants execution of mortgage does NOT sever joint tenancy

Mortgagee holds security interest only

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Title Theory (minority)

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encumbrance by lien severs the joint tenancy to encumbered share; basically like transferring title to creditor

63
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“Assuming” mortgage

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Grantee who agrees to assume mortgage can become primarily liable to pay mortgage loan

If only “subject to” not liable unless it indicates there is an express assumption

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Foreclosure

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After default, the property may be sold to satisfy the debt.

  1. Does not affect senior interests
  2. Terminates junior interests
    - Junior interests entitled to any surplus remaining after the foreclosing mortgage is satisfied
    - Mortgagor may redeem the land by paying the amount due
  3. If there is a deficiency - mortgagee can sue mortgagor if foreclosure sale proceeds do not satisfy mortgage debt
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Deed of trust

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Similar to mortgage, but third party trustee forecloses

66
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Installment land K

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Seller retains deed until buyer pays in full

67
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Absolute Deed

A

Treated as an equitable mortgage when given for a debt

68
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Sale-leaseback

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Court may determine this was a disguised mortgage

69
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Variance

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Permission to depart from zoning restriction

Proponent of variance must show:
1. Undue hardship AND
2. Granting variance will have diminution to neighboring property values

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Condo

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Each owner owns interior of individual condo in fee simple; plus undivided interest in exterior and common elements as tenants in common

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Lateral Support

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Ownership includes right to have land supported in natural state by adjoining land

  1. Landowner strictly liable if their excavation causes adjacent land to subside
  2. If land is improved with buildings –> excavator will be liable only if negligent
    - strict liability will apply to D’s excavator if: because of D’s actions, the P’s improved land would have collapsed even in natural state
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Watercourse Doctrine (streams/lakes/rivers)

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  1. Riparian = water belongs to those who own the land bordering the watercourse and can use in connection with that parcel
  2. Reasonable Use Theory: all riparians share the right of “Reasonable use” of the water
  3. Prior Appropriation Doctrine: one can acquire the right to use water simply by being the first in right to do so
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Groundwater Doctrines

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  1. Absolute ownership: owner of overlying land can take all the water they wish
  2. Reasonable use: exporting only allowed if it doesn’t harm other owners who have rights in acquifier
  3. Correlative Rights doctrine: owners own as joint tenants and each allowed a reasonable use
  4. Priority of use is determinative

Reinstatement -
Surface owner may pump groundwater unless:
- unreasonably harms neighboring landowners;
- exceeds the pumper’s reasonable share
- directly and substantially affects surface waters and unreasonably harms surface water users

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Indefeasible interests

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Those not subject to early termination

  1. Fee simple absolute
    “To A” “To A and his heirs”
  2. Life Estate
    “To A for Life” “To A for the life of B”
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Defeasible Interests

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Allows fee simple/life estate to be terminated if a stated event occurs:

  1. Determinable - “for SO LONG AS,” “until” “while” “during” = automatically reverts to grantor
  2. Subject to condition subsequent:
    - “BUT IF” “upon condition that” “provided that”
    - subject to grantors right of entry
  3. Subject to an executory interest
    “to A for so long as… and if not …. to B” // “To A, but if … to B”
    - divests to someone other than grantor
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Future Possessory Interests
- Interests Retained by Grantor

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  1. Reversion: grantor transfers a shorter estate than she owns
    - grantor with fee simple transfers a life estate
  2. Possibility of Reverter: when grantor transfers a determinable estate
  3. Right of entry/power of termination: reserved on the grant of an estate subject to condition subsequent
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Future Possessory Interests - Created in a Transferee

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  1. Executory Interests - cut short the prior estate
  2. Remainders: possessory only on the natural termination of the prior estate (can be vested or contingent)
    - vested if made in ascertained person with no condition precedent
    - contingent otherwise
  3. Class gifts - remainders in class are contingent if no member of class exists; vested if all members exist; subject to open if more members might come to exist
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Rule Against Perpetuitiies

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  1. Any future interest that is not certain to vest or fail within a life in being plus 21 years is void
  2. Applies to: contingent remainders, executory interest, class gift, options and rights of first refusal, and powers of appointment
  3. Does not apply to vested interests, grantor’s reversionary interest, or gifts between charities
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Cases that always violate RAP

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  1. Executory interest followed by defeasible fee (executory interest stricken)
  2. Gift to an open class conditioned on members surviving to an age beyond 21 - entire class gift is stricken
  3. Remainder to A’s children living at his widow’s death (unborn widow problem)
  4. Gift conditioned on an administrative contingency
  5. options/rights of first refusal that extend to holder’s heirs and assigns

*Common law - woman is presumed capable of bearing children

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Departures from Common Law RAP

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  1. Wait and see statutes; determined by actual future events
  2. Uniform Statutory RAP: 90 year vesting period
  3. Cy Pres: invalid interests reformed to match grantor’s intent
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Implied Warranty of Habitability

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Found in ALL residential leases and guarantees the premises will be fit for human habitation

Basic Living Condition Requirements:
- Plumbing
- Heat in Winter
- Electricity
- Running Water

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Tenants Options When Implied Warranty of Habitability is Breached

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MR3

  • Move out and terminate lease
  • Repair/deduct costs from future rent
  • Reduce rent/withhold rent until court determines fair rental value
  • Remain in possession (pay full rent + seek money damages)
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If co-tenant is in exclusive possession, can they acquire title by adverse possession?

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NO; because no hostility.

If ouster occurs, then the co-tenant could meet all elements of adverse possession.

84
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Voluntary Waste

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Willful destruction/overt damage

85
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Permissive Waste

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Waste that neglects/harms premises

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Ameliorative Waste

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Unilateral change that increases value of property

87
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Tenancy for Years

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Lease for fixed, determined period of time

  • knows end date from start and ends automatically at termination
  • if greater than 1 year = subject to SOF
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Periodic Tenancy

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Lease which continues for successive intervals until either the LL or tenant gives proper notice of termination (week to week/month to month)

Terminates: at least equal to length of period itself

*often Bar will want at least 1 Month

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Tenancy at Will

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Tenancy of no fixed duration; terminable at will of either LL / Tenant as long as L or T desires

  • created by express agreement that the lease can be terminated at any time
  • termination: requires notice AND reasonable time
90
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Tenancy at Sufferance

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Created when tenant wrongfully holds over (remains in possession past the expiration of the lease)

  • Lasts until the LL evicts or elects to hold tenant in new tenancy
91
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Hold over Doctrine

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If tenant continues in possession after right to possession was ended, LL may:

  1. Evict the tenant OR;
  2. Bind the tenant to a new periodic tenancy
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Commercial Tenants Holdover Doctrine Rule

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If lease was more than 1 year –> held to new year to year lease

If original term of lease was less than 1 year –> new tenancy is month to month

*If prior to lease expiration, tenant receives notification of rent increase; they have to pay the new amount.

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Tenant’s Duty to Repair When Lease Silent

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  1. Maintain premises
  2. Make routine repairs
  3. Not responsible for ordinary wear/tear
  4. Can’t commit waste
    - exception for waste: if long term tenant, entitled to ameliorative waste if change reflects changes in the neighborhood
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Tenant’s Duty to Repair with Express Covenant in Lease

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  1. Maintain in good repair/condition
  2. T can terminate if premises destroyed without T’s fault
  3. Frequently excludes ordinary wear and tear
95
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Tenant Breaches Duty to Pay Rent

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If breaches and stays in possession:
1. LL can evict/continue relationship and sue for rent
2. If LL evicts, entitled to rent until T vacates
3. Cannot engage in self-help

If breaches and out of possession = SIR:
1. Surrender; end lease
2. Ignore abandonment; hold T liable
3. Relet the premises
*majority require trying to relet

96
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Tenants Duties if Condemnation Occurs

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  1. If entire lease taken by eminent domain –> tenants liability for rent is extinguished –> lessee entitled to compensation.
  2. If taking is temporary/partial –> tenant NOT discharged from rent, but entitled to compensation
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Implied Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment (LL Duty)

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  • Provides T right to use/enjoyment of the premises without interference from the LL or paramount title holder
  • Arises by implication in every residential/commercial lease
  • LL can breach through wrongful eviction OR constructive eviction
98
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Wrongful Eviction

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Actual eviction: LL/paramount title holder excludes T from entire leased premises –> terminates T’s obligation to pay

Partial eviction: T physically excluded from part of leased premises
1. If by LL –> relieves T from paying rent
2. If by paramount title holder –> apportioned; T liable for reasonable rental of portion he continues to possess

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Constructive Eviction - LL’s breach of duty renders premises unsuitable for occupancy

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Elements = SING

Substantial Interference: chronic/permanent problem due to L’s actions/failures

Notice: T must notify L of problem; L must fail to fix it

Goodbye: T must vacate within reasonable time after L fails to remediate

100
Q

Retaliatory Eviction

A

LL may not terminate/penalize T in retaliation for T’s exercise of legal right

  • States presume retaliatory move if LL acts within 90-180 days after T exercises rights
  • LL must show valid, non-retaliatory reason to overcome
101
Q

Civil Rights Act

A

bars racial/ethnic discrimination in sale/rental of property

102
Q

Fair Housing Act

A

Protects tenants from discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, familial status

  • includes false representation
  • includes ads/marketing
  • can’t refuse to negotiate, rent or sell house to make mortgage loan/financial assistance available
  • must permit disabled tenant to make reasonable accommodations at their expense
103
Q

What type of owner is exempted from FHA

A
  1. Owner occupied buildings with 4 or fewer units in which persons live independently of each other
  2. Single family homes sold/rented by an owner who owns no more than 3 single family homes
104
Q

Title Insurance - Owner’s Policy

A

Protects only the person who owns the policy and does not run with the land to subsequent purchasers

105
Q

Title Insurance - Lender’s Policy

A
  1. Follows any assignment of mortgage loan
  2. Ends when mortgage loan is paid off
106
Q

Void Deed

A

Can be set aside regardless of property having passed to bona fide purchaser

  • forged deeds
  • deeds never delivered
  • deeds obtained in fraud
107
Q

Voidable Deeds

A

Can be set aside only if the property had not been conveyed to a bona fide purchaser

  • duress
  • undue influence
  • mistake

Rule Statements (13 decks)

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