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The Life Estate

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An estate that must be measured in explicit lifetime terms and NEVER in years

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The Life Estate Pur Autre Vie

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A life estate measured by the life other than the grantees.

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Voluntary or Affirmative Waste

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Overt conduct that decreases the value.

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4 Exceptions for life tenant to consume or exploit natural resources (PURGE)

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Prior Use
Repairs
Grant
Exploitation

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Open Mines Doctrine

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If mining was done on the land before the life estate began: the life tenant may continue to mine, but is limited to the mines already open.

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Permissive Waste and the Obligation to Repair

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The life tenant must simply maintain the premises in reasonably good repair, pay all ordinary taxes on the land to the extent of income or profits from the land, if no income or profits must pay all ordinary taxes to the extent of the premises fair market value.

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Ameliorative Waste

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Change that benefits the property economically

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Future Interests (6 categories)

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  1. Possibility of Reverter
  2. The right of Entry
  3. The Reversion
  4. A vested Remainder
  5. A contingent Remainder
  6. An executory interest
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Lien Theory of Mortgages (joint tenancy)

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A joint tenant’s execution of a mortgage on his or her interest will not sever the joint tenancy

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Common Law Rule of Conveyance

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A class closes whenever any member can demand possession.

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The Rule Against Perpetuities (RAP)

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Certain kinds of interests are void if there is any possibility, however remote, that the given interest may vest more than 21 years after the death of a measuring life.

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Charity to Charity Exception

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A gift from one charity to another does not violate the RAP

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Forms of Concurrent Ownership

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  1. Joint Tenancy
  2. Tenancy by the Entirety
  3. Tenancy in Common
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Joint Tenancy

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Two or more own with the right of survivorship

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Tenancy by the Entirety

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A marital interest between married partners with the right of survivorship.

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Tenancy in Common

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Two or more own with no right of survivorship

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Severance of Joint Tenancy

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Sale, Partition and Mortgage

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Three Variations of Severance and Partition

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  1. Voluntary Agreement
  2. Partition in Kind
  3. Forced Sale
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Partition in Kind

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A court action for physical division of blackacre is sold and proceeds are divided proportionally.

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Forced Sale

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A court action if in the best interests of all where Blackacre is sold and proceeds are divided proportionally

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Tenancy for Years

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A lease for a fixed period of time

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Periodic Tenancy

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A lease that continues for successive intervals until L or T give proper notice to terminate.

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Tenancy at Will

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A lease for no fixed duration.

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Tenancy at Sufferance

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Created when T has held over past the expiration of the lease.

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Tenants Duties

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  1. T’s liability to third parties
  2. T’s Duty to Repair
  3. T’s Duty to Pay rent
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T’s Liability to Third Parties

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T is responsible for keeping the premises in good repair. T is liable for injuries sustained by third parties T invited even where L promised to make all repairs.

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T’s Duty to Repair

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T must maintain the premises and make ordinary repairs.

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Fixture

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A once moveable chattel that, by virtue of its annexation to realty objectively shows the intent to permanently improve blackacre.

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L’s Remedies if T breaches but is out of possession (SIR)

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Surrender, Ignore (minority states) , Relet

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Landlord’s Duties

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  1. Duty to Deliver Possession
  2. The Implied Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment
  3. The Implies Warranty of Habitability
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Duty to Deliver Possession

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The majority rule requires that L put T in physical possession of the premises.

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Implied Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment

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T has a right to a quite use and enjoyment of the premises without interference from L.

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Element for Constructive Eviction (SING)

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  1. Substantial Interference
  2. Notice
  3. Goodbye - T must vacate within a reasonable time after L fails to correct the problem.
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Implied Warranty of Habitability

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The Premises must be fit for basic human dwelling.

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Remedies for Breach of Implied Warranty of Habitability

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  1. Move out & end lease
  2. Repair & Deduct
  3. Reduce Rent
  4. Sue for Damages
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Assignment

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T transfers his or her interest in whole

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Sublease

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T transfers his or her interest in part

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Landlord’s Tort Liability

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Landlord is liable for torts:

  1. common areas
  2. Latent Defects
  3. Assumption of Repairs
  4. Public Use
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Common Areas (Landlord Liability)

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Landlord must maintain all common areas

40
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Latent Defects Rule

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Landlord must warn T of hidden defects that L knows about or should know about

41
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Assumption of Repairs

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If landlord voluntarily makes repairs negligently he is liable.

42
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Public Use Rule

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L who leases public space and who should know, because of the nature of the defect and length of the lease that T will not repair, is liable for any defects on premises. (ex. banquet hall leased for one night)

43
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Easements

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The grant of a non possessory property interest that entitles its holder to some form of use or enjoyment of another’s land, called the servient tenament.

44
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Affirmative Easement

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The Right to do something on servient land

45
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Negative Easement

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Entitles its holder to prevent the servient from doing something that would otherwise be permssible.

46
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Categories of Negative Easements (LASS & V)

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  1. Light
  2. Air
  3. Support
  4. Stream water from an artificial flow.
    Minority view: View
47
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Easement Appurtenant

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2 parcels of land must be involved. A dominant tenement gets the benefit and a servient tenement bears the burden.

48
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Easement in Gross

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holder acquires right to use servient tenement independent of possession of another tract of land.

49
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Ways to Create an Affirmative Easement (PING)

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PRESCRIPTION
IMPLICATION
NECESSITY
GRANT

50
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Ways to Terminate an Easement (END CRAMP)

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ESTOPPEL 
NECESSITY
DESTRUCTION 
CONDEMNATION 
RELEASE 
ABANDONMENT 
MERGER DOCTRINE
PRESCRIPTION
51
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Merger Doctrine

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The easement is extinguished when title to the easement and title to the servient land become vested in the same person.

52
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License

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A mere privilege to enter into another’s land for some delineated purpose.

53
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Covenant

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A promise to do or not do something related to the land. Usually made in conjunction with a lease, deed, or other instrument.

54
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Restrictive Covenant

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A promise to refrain from doing something related to the land. (I promise not to built for commercial purposes)

55
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Affirmative Covenant

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A promise to do something related to the land. (I promise to paint our common fence)

56
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Retaliatory Eviction

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Landlord may not terminate lease or otherwise penalize tenant for exercising his rights.

57
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Quit Claim Deed

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A release of whatever interest, if any, the grantor has in the property.

58
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Junior Lienholder Equitable Right

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A junior lienholder has an equitable right to pay off the senior lien prior to foreclosure and become subrogated to the rights of the senior lienholder.

59
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Deed Requirements

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  1. identification of parties
  2. signature of grantor, witnessed or notarized
  3. Adequate description of the property
  4. No consideration required
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types of deeds

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  1. Quitclaim Deed
  2. Warranty Deed
  3. Statutory Special Warranty Deed
61
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Covenants of Title

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  1. Seisin
  2. Right to Convey
  3. Against Encumbrances
  4. Warranty of Title
  5. Quite Enjoyment
  6. Further Assurances
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Covenant of Seisin

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Grantor Warrants he owns what he purports to own

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Covenant of the Right to Convey

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Grantor warrants he has the power to make the conveyance

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Covenant against encumbrances

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Grantor warrants there are no mortgages, liens, easements, or use restrictions on the land.

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Deed Delivery Requirements

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  1. physical transfer of the deed
  2. Intent by the grantor
  3. acceptance of the deed by the grantee
66
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Ademption

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occurs when property is conveyed by will but the property is no longer a part of the testator’s estate. The gift will fail.

67
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Exoneration

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When a person receives a specific property by will and the property is subject to a lien, the lien is paid off by the estate’s personal property and the recipient receive the property free and clear unless the testator indicates a contrary intent.

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Pure Race Statute

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The first to record wins

69
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Race Notice Statute

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A subsequent Bona fide purchaser that records first prevails over a grantee that didn’t record first.

“without notice, who shall first record”

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Types of Notice

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Actual Notice
Constructive/Record Notice
Inquiry Notice

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Actual Notice

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occurs when, prior to the time of closing, the buyer has actual subjective notice of a prior, unrecorded interest

72
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Record (Constructive) Notice

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occurs when the prior interest was properly recorded within the chain of title.

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Inquiry Notice

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occurs where the purchaser of a property is in possession of facts that would lead a reasonable person to make further inquiry.

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Requirements for Creation of Joint Tenancy

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  1. Time: interest created at the same time
  2. Title: parties take in the same title
  3. Interest: identical equal interests
  4. Possession: Same Right to possession of the premises
  5. Expressed right of survivorship
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Lien Theory

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(majority rule): the execution of a mortgage by one joint tenant on his share will not sever the joint tenancy.

76
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Title Theory

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(minority rule): the execution of a mortgage by one joint tenant on his share will sever the joint tenancy as to his share only.

77
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Partition

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occurs when through voluntary agreement or judicial action if in the best interest of all parties, the property is divided, or ordered sold and the proceeds distributed.

78
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Partial Eviction

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when the tenant is physically excluded from only part of the leased premises

79
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Acts that breach the Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment

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  1. Actual Eviction
  2. Partial Eviction
  3. Constructive Eviction
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Requirements for Easement by Implication

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  1. land was originally one parcel with common ownership
  2. the land was severed into more than one parcel
  3. the use of the property existed prior to severance.
81
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Requirements for Easement by Necessity

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  1. common ownership

2. Easement is Strictly necessary

82
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Easement by prescription

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  1. Actual use
  2. open, notorious, visible use
  3. Hostile use
  4. Continuous use for statutory period
83
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Easement by Estoppel

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where the servient parcel allows use of the property such that it is reasonable that the user will substantially change his position in reliance on the belief that the permission will not be revoked.

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Requirements for Burden to Run with the land

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  1. writing required between original parties
  2. Intent that the promise apply to successors to the property.
  3. Must Touch and Concern the land.
  4. Horizontal and Vertical Privity
  5. Notice
85
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Horizontal Privity

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the original parties must have shared some interest in the land apart from the covenant. (ie. grantor/grantee)

86
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Vertical Privity

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the successor is now the holder of the entire interest that the party making the covenant had

87
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Requirements for Benefit to Run with the land

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  1. writing between original parties
  2. Intent
  3. touch and concern
  4. Vertical privity
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Ways to Terminate Covenants

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  1. Agreement
  2. Abandonment
  3. Changes in Conditions
89
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Equitable Servitude

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restrictions on how land may be used.

90
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Remedy for Breach of Covenant

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Money Damages

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Remedy for Breach of Equitable Servitude

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Injunction

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Requirements for Equitable Servitude to Run with the Land

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  1. Writing
  2. Intent
  3. Touch and concern the land
  4. Notice
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Ways to Terminate Equitable Servitudes

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  1. Agreements
  2. Abandonment
  3. Changes in conditions
94
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Riparian Rights

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Each riparian owner (waterfront streams and lakes that abut property) may use only as much water as he may put to beneficial use.

95
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Lateral Support

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physical support from adjacent soil

96
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Subjacent Support

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physical support from underlying soil

97
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Profit

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Entitles its holder to enter the servient land and take from it the soil or some substance of the soil such as minerals, timber or oil.

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