Exam 20: Personal Property and Bailments

A bailee's duty of care for bailed property depends on the type of bailment.

If while trespassing a hunter kills game, the game belongs to that hunter.

To establish a gift, the party claiming to be the donee must prove:

Title to abandoned property is acquired by the first person who obtains possession and control of the property.

Humberto called his friend John and asked him to come over immediately because Humberto had suffered a stroke and might be dying.In their telephone conversation, Humberto advised John that he wanted to give John his gold watch.Immediately after their telephone conversation, Humberto wrote out a will that left his share in Blackacre to John.Blackacre was the marital home of Humberto and Connie, who owned the home as tenants by the entirety.Humberto died before John arrived at Blackacre.John claims the watch and a share in the home.Connie contests both matters.Decide.

Which of the following forms of cotenancy does not have right of survivorship?

A person becomes a(n) __________ at the moment of taking possession of abandoned personal property.

Personal property is tangible and immovable.

A third person to whom a joint tenant's interest is transferred becomes a: Tenant by the entirety.

An ordinary bailment can arise with only an implied agreement between the parties.

In certain cases, real property can constitute a bailment.

Severalty is a form of property ownership by two or more persons.

A gift causa mortis is considered a conditional gift.