Exam 8: Real and Personal Property

In Atkinson v. City of Pierre, Atkinson sued the city for not taking action to force an ice-making plant next to her apartment building to make less noise. Her suit contended:

A covenant may be described as:

The major difference between public nuisance and private nuisance is:

A person who is given the right to use property during their lifetime is given ____ in the property.

The most common form of real property ownership is:

The tort defined as the intentional and unlawful control or appropriation of the personal property of another is:

In general, leases should include which of the following:

When a wrongdoer harms a person's interest in land or personal possessions, this is referred to as:

In Smith v. Kulig, Smith was killed when visiting his friend who rented an apartment from Kulig, when the fire escape at the back of the building collapsed under Smith, the courts held that:

In Erichsen v. No-Frills Supermarkets, a woman who was shopping was seriously injured by a robber in the parking lot. She sued the store claiming that its failure to provide adequate security was a breach of its duty to her. The Nebraska high court held that:

A "vanilla shell" building is:

Fact Pattern 8-1 Jill recently inherited money from her old aunt Maude. Jill decided to buy beach-front property in Beaufort, South Carolina. Jill's new property consists of 3 acres of land, with direct access to the ocean. When she bought the land there is no home on it, but she wants to build a beach home in the future. A year after she bought the lovely lot, the city of Beaufort rezones the land, prohibiting any building so that other residents can enjoy the view. -Refer to Fact Pattern 8-1. Suppose that Jill builds a small cottage on her property (forget the city ordinance for a moment). The cottage is lovely and she hates to see it sit unused for many months of the year, so she rents the cottage for several weeks at a time to various people. Once it is rented the cottage is:

A covenant is:

A life estate grants a person:

Zoning laws are typically not used to:

The purchase of property by two or more persons who have the same interest in the undivided possession of the property and has a right of survivorship is:

Cary allows Kail to ride his horse on trails located on Cary's 800-acre ranch, whenever he wants, for $1,000. This arrangement is generally known as:

Which of the following is not real property:

The right to remove valuable minerals or oil from the land of another is called:

Which of the following is an example of a form of tenancy: