Exam 8: Real and Personal Property

In a tort action for trespass to land the:

When a local government regulates the way in which homeowners may use their land, this is an exercise of the government's:

Which of the following is not a characteristic of adverse possession?

Which of the following is not true with respect to trespass to land?

A(n) ____ is an activity that substantially and unreasonably interferes with the use and enjoyment of someone's land.

A landlord rented space to a furniture store that would provide a good business environment. The landlord rented the next space to an exercise studio. The studio was very noisy, causing the furniture store to lose business. The store owner complained to the landlord, who would do nothing. The store owner broke the lease before it was up and was sued by the landlord. The court would be likely to hold that:

Since the 1920s the primary method of local land control has been:

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. When Jill purchases the beach-front land, the ownership rights in this land will be transferred to her in:

The destruction of property by a tenant is called:

The formal right of ownership of property is:

A study by Hernando de Soto, of Peru, found that in most poor nations, many people, including the majority in some countries:

Private and public nuisances are:

The ____ requires that governments must pay compensation when taking private land without the landowner's consent.

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:

Thoni Manufacturing disposes of its waste water by dumping it into the Cowpasture River. This contaminates the water supply of the city of Covington. This example shows:

David puts his 5,000 acre ranch in a trust for his daughter Carol and names Andy as trustee. If Andy then sells the ranch and uses the money to fund his gambling habit Carol can sue Andy for:

Which of the following is an intentional tort against real property:

Linda buys a house in Grover Square. Her deed contains the following: "no homeowner in Grover Square shall erect a fence of any sort (with the exception of buried electronic fences) around his or her property." This clause is:

A deed in which the seller or grantor warrants that the property is free of any liens or encumbrances unless they are revealed in the title is a(n):

The sovereign nature of the government gives it the right to: