Exam 23: Personal Property, Real Property, and Land Use Law

Unless very extreme circumstances are shown,the tenant's right to habitability will be more strictly enforced in residential leases than in commercial leases.

Which of the following would not be considered a real estate fixture?

In Kelo v.City of New London,the court permitted the use of eminent domain to take property to be given,in part,to private individuals and companies for those individuals and companies to develop the land for the benefit of the city and its citizens.

An exception to zoning ordinances is called a ______.

Ownership of personal property is governed by federal law.

The finder of lost property obtains better rights of ownership to that property than anyone else.

Leasing of personal property is based on state law modeled after provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.

An easement by prescription:

When an adverse possession of real property occurs,title to land transfers without the delivery of a deed from the former owner to the new owner.

Jon visits an upscale restaurant and allows the valet to take and park his car.The restaurant becomes the ________ of the car in this bailment relationship.

Company A and Company B own adjacent pieces of land.If Company A digs a mine that starts on its own property but goes across the property line below ground and finds minerals below Company B's surface property,they may mine and use the minerals for their own use because they have not gone onto or disturbed Company B's property.

Water rights are also known as ________ rights.

In the event that a landlord breaches a duty owed to a tenant,what are the possible remedies that may be available to the tenant?

What is the difference between the assignment of a lease and the subletting of a lease? How does each pertain to the rights and duties of the original tenant?

X-mart has just purchased 100 acres of land in Happyville.The town,fearful of a huge chain store ruining the economy and putting local businesses out of business quickly passes an ordinance restricting the size of any new buildings to no more than 5000 square feet.The typical X-mart store averages approximately 100,000 square feet.Does the town of Happyville have the right to enact a zoning restriction of this nature?

Brad has left 50 acres of land to the First Church of Magnolia with the condition that they shall own and have rights to it forever,however,should they ever permit alcohol to be served on the premises,the property would immediately go back to Brad or if Brad were deceased,to his heirs.Brad has granted the church a:

A life estate gives the owner more rights than a fee simple.

Which of the following is a valid bailment?

Title to commercial real estate is conveyed through a contract while title to noncommercial real estate,such as private homes,is conveyed through a deed.

Permission to use another's property that may be revoked at any time by the property owner is called a ______.