Table of Contents
Chapter I??
INTRODUCTION TO PROPERTY, COMMON LAW
AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM
What is property, and what is property law?
Why do we need to study common law property?
The Judicial System in the United States
What Is Property Right
Jacque v. Steenberg Homes, Inc
Chapter II??
POSSESSION AND FIRST ACQUISITION
A. Acquisition by Discovery
Johnson v. M’Intosh
B. Acquisition by Creation
Cheney Brothers v. Doris Silk Corp
C. Acquisition by Capture
Pierson v. Post
Chapter III??
SUBSEQUENT POSSESSION
A. Law of Finders
McAvoy v. Medina
Hannah v. Peel
B. Adverse Possession
Van Valkenburgh v. Lutz
Chapter IV??
ORIGINAL OWNER’S RIGHTS
Bailments & Good Faith Purchase
A. Bailments
B. Good Faith Purchase
Georgia O’Keeffe v. Barry Snyder
Porter v. Wertz
Chapter V??
GIFTS AND JOINT BANK ACCOUNTS
A. Gifts in General
B. Bank Accounts
Franklin v. Anna National Bank of Anna
C. Gifts Inter Vivos or Causa Mortis
Gruen v. Gruen
Chapter VI??
TYPICAL ESTATES
White v. Brown
Battistone v. Banulski
Ink v. City of Canton
Chapter VII??
FUTURE INTERESTS
A. Types of Futures Interests – Generally
B. Remainders, Vested and Contingent
C. Future Interests Explained
Swanson v. Swanson
Chapter VIII??
CONTINGENT FUTURE INTERESTS
A. Special Rules Governing Future Interests
B. Rule Against Perpetuities
Jee v. Audley
Chapter IX??
CO-OWNERSHIP AND MARITAL INTERESTS
A. Joint Tenancy & Tenancy in Common.
Harms v. Sprague
B. Coops and Condos
C. Marital Interest
Elkus v. Elkus
Chapter X??
LANDLORD AND TENANT
A. Leasehold and Tenancy
Garner v. Gerrish
B. Sublease and Assignment
Kendall v. Ernest Pestana, Inc
C. Restriction on Use of Property
Nahrstedt v. Lakeside Village Condominium Associate, Inc.
Chapter XI??
LAND TRANSACTIONS
A. Contract
Hickey v. Green
B. Marketable Title
Lohmeyer v. Bower
C. Title Assurance: Recording and Title Insurance
D. Mortgages
Bean v. Walker
Chapter XII??
PRIVATE LAND USE CONTROL: LAW OF SERVITUDES.
A. Easements
Willard v. First Church of Christ, Scientist
B. Termination of Easements
Preseault v. United States
C. Covenants Running with the Land
Shelley v. Kraemer
Chapter XIII??
NUISANCE AND JUDICIAL CONTROL OF
LAND USE
A. Private Nuisance
Morgan v. High Penn Oil Co
B. Public Nuisance
Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co
C. Coming to the Nuisance
Spur Industries, Inc. v. Del E. Webb Development Co
Chapter XIV??
EMINENT DOMAIN AND LEGISLATIVE
CONTROL OF LAND USE
A. Taking
B. Eminent Domain
C. Regulatory Taking
Pennsylvania Coal Company v. Mahon
Penn Central Transportation Co. v. City of New York
D. Land Reform
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff
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