Exam 8: Real and Personal Property

Ownership of subsurface mineral rights may be legally separate from ownership of surface land.

The law of torts recognizes two kinds of nuisances,these are:

Zoning laws are typically used to:

Wrongs that affect land or personal possessions are known as intentional torts against property.

A title is a document that allows you to use someone else's land after paying a fee.

An easement is generally described as:

In Moran v.Sims,where Sims built a house on land surrounded by Moran's land,the court held that Moran must give Sims an easement for access,which is the general rule.

A covenant is a contract that accompanies an estate;it is not an interest in an estate.

The title to property is:

A deed is:

In Smith v.Kulig,Smith was killed when he was visiting a friend's apartment and the fire escape outside of the apartment collapsed when Smith walked on it.The courts held Smith was a trespasser and the landlord was not liable.

Which of the following is an example of a covenant:

In Stewart v.Federated Department Stores,a woman was murdered in a Bloomingdale's parking lot in Connecticut.The court held the store:

The right of utility companies to run power lines over land and put water lines under private property is based on:

Zoning is the primary method of local government land control.

A landlord rented space to a furniture store and promised 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 did 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:

Limitations or requirements about the use of property in general are called:

An unauthorized intrusion by a person or a thing on land belonging to another is:

A key issue in the area of land-use regulation is whether or not the government must provide compensation to the land's owner who suffers a loss in value of property from a new regulation.

Subsurface mineral rights: