Steward Sterk Property Attack Outline Write a brief

1)POSSESSION 2

a)Discovery 2

b)Capture 3

2)RELATIVE OWNERSHIP 4

b)Rule of First in Time 4

3)ADVERSE POSSESSION 5

c)Co-tenants – See co-tenant section BUT point is that mere ouster is insufficient!!! 6

4)PRESENT INTERESTS 9

c)Waste 9

d)Restraints on Alienation 9

6)RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES 15

7)CO-OWNERSHIP 17

a)Joint Tenants 17

b)Tenancy in Common 17

c)Tenancy by Entirety 18

d)Possession and Ouster 18

e)Contribution, Improvements, Repairs 19

f)Partition 19

g)Adverse Possession 19

8)MARITAL INTERESTS 19

9)LEASEHOLDS 21

d)Sublet vs. Assignment 22

e)Tenant Defaults 24

f)Landlord Defaults 24

ii)Duty to Deliver Premises – Failure to deliver premises on promised date constitutes a material breach of the rental agreement. 25

h)Policy Arguments for Zoning Resulting in Unforeseen Costs to Tenants 27

i)Increases vacancy rates and costs, decreases available stock of apartments 27

ii)Drives up rent 27

iii)Ls will ask for big deposits and put in acceleration clauses 27

iv)May prohibit other practices like assignment/sublease, may undercut ability to mitigate 27

(1)Puts burden on insolvent breaching parties 27

v)Can undercut ability to comply with warranty of habitability 27

vi)Bad policy  restraint on alienation 27

10)LAND TRANSACTIONS 28

iv)Seller’s representations – Seller has not received written notice of (a) zoning or other violations (b) pending rezoning or (c) any other assessment affecting the property. Also that there are no known encroachments or easements not in public records. 28

d)Recording Acts 29

v)Bona Fide Purchaser for Value 31

vi)Notice – Must look at other deeds from O, and NOTE if deed refers to a plan!!! 31

12)NUISANCE – Who is the best cost/nuisance avoider??? 33

13)EASEMENTS – First mention easement appurtenant/in gross 35

b)Scope of Easements 37

c)Termination 38

14)COVENANTS AND SERVITUDES 39

b)Termination 40

16)PUBLIC CONTROL OF LAND USE 42

i)Exercise of police power – Power of the government to protect the health, safety, welfare, and morals 42

iii)Nectow v. City of Cambridge – Distinct from Euclid. Challenged law as applied rather than on its face. Court held that there was no valid exercise of police power WRT Π’s property so the law was unconstitutional as applied. 42

iv)Policy 42