Exam 22: Interests in Land

Gottlieb owned a cottage lot which had frontage on a lake. He later granted a 30-metre wide right of way to Baxter, who had a lot behind his, to enable Baxter to reach the lakeshore to launch his power boat. The next year, Baxter built a boathouse on the 30-metre strip in which to store his boat during the winter months. When Gottlieb discovered the boat house a few months later, he hired a bulldozer, and pushed the boathouse off the land, and into the lake. Gottlieb was entitled to take legal action against Baxter to have the boathouse removed.

Brady acquired a block of land in fee simple under a Crown Patent. He divided the block into two parcels: Whiteacre and Blackacre. He kept Whiteacre, but granted Blackacre to Drucker for life, then to Evans. Brady died possessed of Whiteacre, leaving the land to Crader. Crader acquired Whiteacre in fee simple under Brady's will.

Brady acquired a block of land in fee simple under a Crown Patent. He divided the block into two parcels: Whiteacre and Blackacre. He kept Whiteacre, but granted Blackacre to Drucker for life, then to Evans. Brady died possessed of Whiteacre, leaving the land to Crader. Brady, as the holder of Blackacre in fee simple was entitled to grant a life estate to Drucker.

A unit owner of a condominium

Gottlieb owned a cottage lot which had frontage on a lake. He later granted a 30-metre wide right of way to Baxter, who had a lot behind his, to enable Baxter to reach the lakeshore to launch his power boat. The next year, Baxter built a boathouse on the 30-metre strip in which to store his boat during the winter months. When Gottlieb discovered the boat house a few months later, he hired a bulldozer, and pushed the boathouse off the land, and into the lake. The lot owned by Baxter is the dominant tenement.

Only the Registry System requires a search of title back 40 years to determine the true owner of a property.

The death of one of two joint tenants vests ownership of the property entirely in the survivor.

The reversion of land to the Crown when a person possessed of the fee dies intestate and without heirs is called a(n)

The __________ rests in the selected person on the death of a life tenant.

Two distinct systems of registration of land interests exist in Canada, the Registry System and the Land Titles System.

Only an adjoining landowner may enforce a restrictive covenant on the use of a neighbour's land.

A residential water heater, rented from an electric or water utility, is a fixture in law.

Gottlieb owned a cottage lot which had frontage on a lake. He later granted a 30-metre wide right of way to Baxter, who had a lot behind his, to enable Baxter to reach the lakeshore to launch his power boat. The next year, Baxter built a boathouse on the 30-metre strip in which to store his boat during the winter months. When Gottlieb discovered the boathouse a few months later, he hired a bulldozer, and pushed the boathouse off the land, and into the lake. The lot owned by Gottlieb is the dominant tenement.