Exam 8: Real and Personal Property

Troupe was shopping at a Burlington Coat Factory store when she slipped and fell on a berry, causing injuries. She sued the store for negligence for failure to keep the floor clean of spills and objects that might cause patrons to fall. The appeals court held that Troupe:

You go to a flea market and buy a LCD TV for $100. One day you receive a notice that the owner of the TV, which had been stolen from her house and sold by the thief at the flea market, wants the set back. She says if you do not return the TV she will sue you for:

The right of the government to conduct eminent domain actions comes from:

Which of the following conditions must be met in order for someone to claim land by adverse possession? The adverse user:

You go to a flea market and buy a LCD TV for $100. One day you receive a notice that the owner of the TV, which had been stolen from her house and sold by the thief at the flea market, wants the set back. She says if you do not return the TV she will sue you for:

A "vanilla shell" building is:

In Moran v. Sims, where the house Sims built was surrounded by land owned by Moran, and Sims sued for an easement for access to his house, the courts held that:

If the government forces you to sell 10 acres of your land to the Park Service, the Constitution requires that:

One who possesses lands by any right or title is referred to as a:

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

In Moran v. Sims, where the house Sims built was surrounded by land owned by Moran, and Sims sued for the right of access to his house, the courts held that Sims had a prescriptive easement. That is a form of:

In Neilsen v. Gold's Gym, where Gold's leased space for a new gym, but got into a dispute with the landlord of a the commercial space before it even moved in, the courts held that:

Business trusts provide some security in case of bankruptcy by:

In general, leases should include which of the following:

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

Which of the following is an intentional tort against property:

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

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

A(n) ____ is someone who has no right to occupy or use an estate and does so without permission.

An easement is generally described as: