Exam 8: Real and Personal Property

In some residential subdivisions,only single-family homes are allowed,and they must be at least 2,000 square feet,brick construction,with no dog houses.These terms are called:

_______________ are commonly used in place of a partnership or corporation.

In Erichsen v.No-Frills Supermarket,Erichsen was serious hurt when robbed in the store parking lot.The Nebraska high court held the store could be liable in negligence for failure to provide better security.

If you rent an apartment,the apartment is known as:

Among the rights and duties of a landlord are:

In order to have adverse possession,the adverse user must engage in a hostile use of someone else's property.

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:

Only the central (federal)government has the power of eminent domain,because the power was handed down by the kings of England.

A means by which owners of estates in land can make agreements that bind their successors is called a(n):

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 claiming nuisance resulted in a decision by the high court of South Dakota which held that:

If a danger is obvious:

During the term of the lease the ____________ has the right of possession of the property.

A leasehold is:

Commercial leases typically make the landlord responsible for maintenance,security and alterations;variations on such standard terms require careful legal drafting.

Real property includes which of the following:

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.Grady comes to Jill,after she was purchased the 3 acres of land and asks her if he can fish on her property.Jill tells Grady that she will be happy to allow him to fish on her land whenever he wishes,so long as he pays her $500.00 per year for the right.If Grady agrees and he and Jill write an agreement to this effect,what they have is:

In some residential subdivisions,only single-family homes are allowed,and they must be at least 2,000 square feet,brick construction,with no dog houses.These terms are:

The destruction of property by a tenant is called:

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 the store could:

If one needs passage across the property of another party to get to their piece of property,there is a common law right to obtain an easement of necessity to cross that property.