Property (Examples and Explanations Series)
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The focused coverage of Examples & Explanations: Property, Third Edition , along with the proven Examples & Explanations format, which combines textual material with well-written examples, explanations, and questions that test the reader's
PrefacexixAcknowledgmentsxxiPart 1Possession, Personal Property, and Adverse PossessionChapter 1The Law of Property3Introduction3Common Law Cases5Case Analysis8Chapter 2Personal Property and Possession13Introduction and Definitions13Possession, Relativity of Title, and First-in-Time14Actual Possession and the Fox Case15Custom17More Uses for the Doctrine of Custom19Natural Resources and Other Concerns19Water Law20Actionable Interference21Misappropriation22Chapter 3The Law of Finders and Prior Possessors29Conversion, Replevin, and Trover31Armory v. Delamirie31Extensions of the Armory Rule--and a Right of Subrogation32Lost Property, Mislaid Property, Abandoned Property, and Treasure Trove32Other Considerations34Instrumental View35Legislation35Chapter 4Bailments41Definition41Overview of Negligence and Strict Liability43Specialized Bailment Issues43Misdelivery of Bailed Property45When Bailed Property Is Lost or Damaged47Chapter 5Good Faith or Bona Fide Purchasers53Voidable Title and Bona Fide Purchasers53The UCC and Bona Fide Purchasers55Entrustment56Chapter 6Gifts61Inter Vivos Gifts61Gifts Causa Mortis64Chapter 7Fixtures69Chapter 8Adverse Possession73Introduction73Elements of Adverse Possession75Privity and Tacking80Disabilities and Tolling the Running of the Statute of Limitations81Life Tenants and Remaindermen82Part 2Common Law Estates and Interests in Real PropertyChapter 9Common Law Estates and Present Interests107Some History107Estates: Some Fundamentals108Estates and Interests109What to Look for in Studying Freehold Estates110Defeasible Fee Simple Estates117Classifying Estates in Fee Simple121Chapter 10Future Interests129Introduction129Distinguishing Present Interests and Future Interests129Future Interests Retained by the Grantor or Transferor130Future Interests in Third-Party Transferees131Vested and Contingent Remainders133Practice Interpreting Grants with ConditionsPrecedent and Conditions Subsequent135Alternative Contingent Remainders136Why We Distinguish Vested and Contingent Remainders137Executory Interests138Variations on Vested Remainders139Chapter 11Special Rules of Construction151The Rule of Destructibility of Contingent Remainders151The Merger Rule153The Rule in Shelley's Case154The Doctrine of Worthier Title156Chapter 12The Rule Against Perpetuities161The Rule Against Perpetuities161Interests Not Affected162Interests Affected162Interests Dependent on an Event165Grantee Identified by Description Rather Than Named168Intergenerational Family Transfers169Effect of Class Closing Rules171Commercial Options174Statutory Reforms of the Rule175Chapter 13Concurrent Ownership185Tenancy in Common185Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship186Distinguishing Joint Tenancies from Tenancies in Common188Severance189Tenancy by the Entirety192Rights and Obligations Between Co-tenants193Partition197Chapter 14Marital Property209Common Law Dower209Dower Reform210The Elements of Dower210Dower and Adverse Possession211Dower and Waste212Release of Dower212Barring Dower212Forcing an Election212Curtesy212The Modern Elective Share214Calculating the Amount of the Elective Share214Homesteads215Community Property216Part 3The Law of Landlord and TenantChapter 15The Landlord and Tenant Relationship225Types of Leases225The Landlord's Duty to Deliver Possession229The Holdover Tenant (Briefly Now--More Later)230Chapter 16Transfers of the Lease239Privity of Contract and Privity of Estate239Assignments and Subleases239The Traditional Rule240Rule of Intent240The Effect of Tenant Transfers on Privity241Real Covenants242Landlord's Consent to a Sublease or Assignment243Landlord Consent Provisions243The Rule of Dumpor's Case245Transfers of the Landlord's Interest245Chapter 17Waste, Duty to Repair, Destruction of Leased Premises, and Security Deposits251Waste251The Measure of Damages for Waste252Fixtures252The Duty to Repair253The Destruction of the Premises254Security Deposits255Chapter 18Termination and Abandoment of the Lease259Landlord Eviction of Tenant in Default259Self-help259Ejectment260Summary Possession Statutes261Tenant's Abandonment and Surrender263Surrender263Abandonment263Chapter 19Achieving Habitable Premises271Evictions--Actual and Otherwise271The Implied Warranty of Habitability275Retaliatory Eviction as a Tenant's Defense to Eviction279Illegal and Frustrated Leases281Chapter 20Premises Liability of Landlords293Landlord Liability for Criminal Acts295Exculpatory Clauses296Chapter 21The Holdover Tenant and Concluding Comments301Part 4Transfers of LandChapter 22The Sales Contract311Introduction311Closing312Remedies for Breach313Real Estate Brokers and Agents313Broker as Seller's Agent315Broker's Duty to Disclose Latent Defects to Purchasers316The Statute of Frauds317Part Performance and Other Exceptions318Chapter 23Executory Period Issues327Introduction327Marketable Title328Caveat Emptor and the Duty to Disclose Defects333Time for Performance334Remedies for Breach of Sales Contract335Equitable Conversion and Risk of Loss336Chapter 24Real Estate Closings349The Closing or Settlement Process349Delivery350Mortgages354Chapter 25Post-Closing Title Assurances369Merger Doctrine369Types of Deeds369Deed Covenants370Present Covenants372Future Covenants373Damages374Attorney Fees375Remote Grantees376Implied Warranty of Quality377After Acquired Title (Estoppel by Deed)379Chapter 26The Recording Systems391Introduction391Searching a Chain of Title Using the Grantee Index393Searching a Chain of Title Using the Grantor Index394Searching a Tract Index394The Recording Acts395Race or Pure Race Statute395Race-Notice Statute396Notice or Pure Notice Statute399Purchasers for Value400Problems in Grantor-Grantee401Marketable Title Acts402Title Insurance404Part 5Private Land Use ControlsChapter 27Private Nuisance423Introduction423Intentional and Unintentional Interferences424Substantial Interference425Unreasonable Interference425Injunctions and Damages426Chapter 28Creation of Easements433Introduction433Terminology434Express Easements436Easements by Estoppel and Irrevocable Licenses437Implied Easements439Easements Implied from Prior Use440Easements Implied by Necessity442Prescriptive Easements443Chapter 29Assignability, Scope, and Termination of Easements459Assignability of Easements459Divisibility and Apportionment460Scope of Easements462Termination of Easements465Chapter 30Real Covenants and Equitable Servitudes: Running with the Land477Introduction477Terminology478Identifying Real Covenants and Equitable Servitudes479Intent to Bind and Benefit Successors480Touch and Concern481Real Covenants and the Privity of Estate485Equitable Servitudes and the Notice Requirement489Chapter 31Real Covenants and Equitable Servitudes: Common Schemes and Termination497The Common Scheme and Subdivisions497The Common Scheme and Standing to Enforce a Servitude498The Common Scheme and Notice for Recording Acts and Equitable Servitudes500The Common Scheme and the Statute of Frauds502What Constitutes a Common Scheme502Termination of Covenants and Servitudes504Part 6Public Land Use ControlsChapter 32Constitutional and Statutory Constraints on Zoning517Introduction517An Introduction to Constitutional Law517The Standard State Zoning Enabling Act518Cumulative and Noncumulative Zoning519The Constitutional Law in Euclid520Unconstitutional On Its Face and Unconstitutional As Applied523Nonconforming Uses524Amortization525Chapter 33Variances, Special Exceptions, and Zoning Amendments531Variances531Special Exceptions534Judicial Review of Variances and Special Exceptions535Amending the Zoning Ordinance536The Problem of Spot Zoning537Initiative and Referendum539Contract and Conditional Zoning540Floating Zones, Cluster Zones, and PUDs540Chapter 34Selected Challenges to Zoning Ordinances551Aesthetic Regulation551Adult Entertainment555Household Composition of Single-Family Residences557Exclusionary Zoning561Chapter 35Takings573Conventional Condemnation573Inverse Condemnation575Categorical or Per Se Takings576Regulatory Takings579Exactions586Remedies589Table of Cases599Index603
