REAL PROPERTY OUTLINE: TC/CB/SC 2022
A. Rule of Capture (Book:38-42)(Supplement Chpt 1: 1-28)
a. Pierson v. Post Court of Appeals of New York
3 Cai. R. 175 (1805) Rule of Law: Property in wild animals is acquired by
occupancy, meaning at least mortally wounding or capturing from a distance, and
at most physical possession.
i.
Notes and Questions
B. Adverse Possession (71-86) (S1:29-89)
a. Teson v. Vasquez Missouri Court of Appeals 561 S.W.2d 119 (1977)
Rule of Law: In order to establish title by adverse possession, a claimant must
show actual, hostile, open and notorious, exclusive, and continuous possession of
the property for the statutory period.
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Notes and Questions
C. Estates & Future Interests (115-192) (S2: 71-317)
a. Introduction
i.
A History of the English Feudal System
b. Fee Simple Absolute and Life Estates
i.
Black v. Black
1. Notes and Questions
ii.
Pigg v. Haley
1. Notes and Questions
iii.
Woodrick v. Wood
1. Notes and Questions
c. An Introduction to Future Interests: Remainders and Reversions
i.
Practice Problems
ii.
The Fee Tail
d. The Defeasible Fees: Present Possessory Estates Subject to Conditions
i.
Practice Problems
ii.
Mayor and City Council of Ocean City v. Taber
iii.
Higbee Corp. v. Kennedy
1. Notes and Questions
e. Executory Interests: The Last of Future Interests
i.
Practice and Notes
f. Rules Furthering Marketability, Destructibility
i.
The Destructibility of Contingent Remainders
ii.
Shelley’s Case and Doctrine of Worthier
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iii.
1. Seymour v. Heubaum
a. Notes and Questions
Rule against Perpetuities
1. Modern Rule
2. North Carolina National Bank v. Norris
a. Notes and Questions
D. Concurrent Ownership (197-216 & 256-264) (S3:263-304)
a. Property in Families
b. Forms of Concurrent Ownership
i.
Tenancy in Common
1. Chosar Corp v. Owens
a. Notes and Questions
ii.
Joint Tenancy
1. Williams v. Studstill
a. Notes and Questions
iii.
Tenancy by the Entirety
1. Schwab v. Krauss
a. Notes and Questions
c. Property Claims in Marriage (256)
i.
Claims against the Owner
1. Pezza v. Pezza
a. Notes and Questions
E. Landlord & Tenant (289-303 & 346 - 436) (S4:256-369)
a. Ownership of Land
b. Nonfreehold Estates
i.
New York v. Utsey
1. Notes and Questions
c. Exchange of Possession for Rent
i.
Paradine v. Jane
ii.
Santa Fe Trail Neighborhood Redev. Corp. v. W.F. Coen & Co.
1. Notes and Questions
d. Right/Duty to Possess (346)
i.
Adrian v. Rabinowitz
1. Notes and Questions
ii.
Slater v. Pearle Vision Center, Inc.
1. Notes and Questions
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e. Transfer of Leasehold Interests
i.
Davis v. Vidal
1. Notes and Questions
ii.
Julian v. Christopher
1. Notes and Questions
f. Condition of the Premises
i.
Implied Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment - Constructive Eviction
1. Dyett v. Pendleton
a. Notes
2. Blackett v. Olanoff
a. Notes
ii.
Implied Warranty of Habitability
1. Javins v. First National Realty Co.
a. Notes
2. Landlord Tort Liability
iii.
Waste
1. Rumiche Corp. v. Eisenreich
a. Notes
2. Uniform LL/Tenant Act
iv.
Security Deposits
g. Public Regulation of the Responsibilities for Leased Premises
i.
Statutory Responsibilities
1. Uniform LL/Tenant Act
2. Wisconsin Statute Anno’t
3. Chicago Board of Realtors v. City of Chicago
a. Notes
4. Retaliatory Eviction
a. Edwards v. Habib
i.
Notes
h. Special Rules
i.
Prohibition against Self Help
1. Harkins v. Win Corp.
a. Notes and Questions
ii.
Holdovers
1. Bockelmann v. Marynick
a. Notes and Questions
iii.
Mitigation of Damages
1. Austin Hill Country Realty, Inc. v. Palisades Plaza, Inc.
a. Notes and Questions
i. Dispute Resolution
i.
John O. Marley v. House Circle Apartments
ii.
Ross v. Graham
1. Notes and Questions
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F. Deeds & Transactions (497-553) (S5:347-420)
a. Cases on Deeds
i.
Pipes v. Sevier
1. Notes
ii.
David T. Austern
1. Notes
b. Title Assurances
i.
Voorheesville Rod & Gun Club v. E.W. Tompkins Co.
1. Notes and Quetsions
c. Deed Covenants
i.
St. Paul Title Insurance Corp. v. Owen
1. Notes and Questions
d. Recording Acts
i.
Mugaas v. Smith et ux
1. Notes
e. The Chain of Title
i.
Palamarg Realty Co. v. Rehac
1. Notes and Questions
ii.
Ball v. Vogtner
1. Notes
f. Notice
i.
Hatcher v. Hall
1. Notes
G. Licenses, Profits & Easements (711-753) (S6: 383-437)
a. Servitudes
i.
Affirmative Rights to Use Property
1. Easements
2. Licenses
3. Profits
ii.
Express Conveyances
1. Willard v. First Church of Christ, Scientist
a. Notes
iii.
By Implication from Pre-Existing Use or Necessity
1. Cordwell v. Smith
a. Notes
iv.
By Perscription
1. Plettner v. Sullivan
a. Notes
v.
Irrevocable Licsense
1. Camp v. Milani
a. Notes
b. Scope Succession and Protection
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i.
Aztec Limited Inc. v. Creekside Investment Co.
1. Notes
H. Equitable Servitudes & Real Covenants (761-780) (S6:408-441)
a. Historical Development and Traditional Requirements
i.
Wheeler v. Schad
1. Notes
b. Creation
i.
Express Provision
ii.
By Implication
1. Warren v. Detlefsen
a. Notes
iii.
By Prescription
c. Validity Interpretation and Scope
i.
Traditional Servitude Law
1. Horizontal Privity
a. Moseley v. Bishop
i.
Notes
2. The Touch and Concern Requirement
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