Cases and text on property / A. James Casner [and others].
2004
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Cases and text on property / A. James Casner [and others].
Published
New York : Aspen Publishers, [2004]
Copyright
©2004
Call Number
KF560 .C33 2004
Edition
Fifth edition.
ISBN
0735539804
9780735539808
0735539812 (teacher's manual)
9780735539815 (teacher's manual)
073552548X
9780735525481
9780735539808
0735539812 (teacher's manual)
9780735539815 (teacher's manual)
073552548X
9780735525481
Description
xxxi, 1,369 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm + teacher's manual.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)54096872
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online version: Cases and text on property. 5th ed. New York : Aspen Publishers, c2004 (OCoLC)761199419
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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF PROPERTY
1
CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS PROPERTY? WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? WHY DO WE HAVE IT?
3
A. The Right to Exclude
4
Jacque v. Steenberg Homes, Inc.
4
Limitations on the Right to Exclude
11
State v. Shack
12
Blackstone and the Right to Exclude
19
Canons of Property Talk, or Blackstone's Anxiety
19
Intel Corporation v. Hamidi
20
B. Wild Animals, Natural Gas, and Water
34
Pierson v. Post
34
Keeble v. Hickeringill
40
More about Wild Animals
43
First in Time, Trespassers, and Ratione Soli
44
Governmental Regulation of Wild Animals and Fisheries and the Public Trust
45
Popov v. Hayashi
46
Anderson v. Beech Aircraft Corporation
54
The Capture Doctrine, Wild Animals, and Natural Gas
60
Water Law
62
Cline v. American Aggregates Corporation
62
Property Rules and Liability Rules
68
Harris v. Brooks
68
Prior Appropriation and Riparian Systems Compared
75
C. Finders, Bailees, and Treasure Hunters
76
1. Finders and Bailees
76
Armory v. DeLamirie
77
Bailments
79
The Winkfield
80
Finder versus Owner of the Locus in Quo
83
Hannah v. Peel
83
McAvoy v. Medina
87
Benjamin v. Lindner Aviation, Inc.
88
Honesty, Morality, and Legal Protection of Prior Possessors
96
2. Treasure Hunters
98
Treasure Trove
98
Sunken Treasure
100
Columbus-America Discovery Group v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co.
100
The Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987
112
UNESCO Convention on Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
113
CHAPTER 2 ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY CONQUEST, ADVERSE POSSESSION, AND PRESCRIPTION
115
A. Conquest
115
Johnson and Graham's Lessee v. M'Intosh
116
B. Adverse Possession and Prescription of Interests in Land
125
Ewing v. Burnet
128
Problems in Applying the Statute of Limitations: Tacking
130
Nome 2000 v. Fagerstrom
131
Lawrence v. Town of Concord
138
Problems in Applying the Statute of Limitations: Tolling for Disability
147
Color of Title
148
Kiowa Creek Land & Cattle Co. v. Nazarian
149
Dieterich International Truck Sales, Inc. v. S. & J. Services, Inc.
152
C. Adverse Possession of Chattels and Preservation of Cultural Heritage
157
Autocephalous Greek-Orthodox Church of Cyprus v. Goldberg & Feldman Fine Arts, Inc.
157
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation v. Lubell
169
Rosner v. United States
175
Current Controversies Challenge the Capture, Conquest, and Prescription Doctrines
181
D. Acquisition of Rights by Public Use and the Public Trust Doctrine
182
Opinion of the Justices (Public Use of Coastal Beaches)
183
CHAPTER 3 PROPERTY RIGHTS IN CREATIVE WORKS AND HUMAN TISSUE
191
A. Property Rights in Personas and the Right of Publicity
191
The Human Persona as Commercial Property: The Right of Publicity
192
Wendt v. Host International, Inc.
193
Wendt v. Host International, Inc.
196
Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Company
201
B. Property Rights in Writings, Recordings, and Product Designs
207
Suntrust Bank v. Houghton Mifflin Company
207
OddzOn Products, Inc. v. Oman
228
Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.
231
Misappropriation and Common-Law Unfair Trade Doctrines
238
Intellectual Property, Cyberspace, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
239
Kremen v. Cohen
241
C. Trademark and Tradedress
248
Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co.
249
Traffix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc.
254
Trademark Dilution
260
D. Patent Law Protection
261
Diamond v. Chakrabarty
262
E. Property Rights in Human Tissue
266
Moore v. The Regents of the University of California
266
Organ Transplants and the Shortage of Organs
283
Newman v. Sathyavaglswaran
284
PART II OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN PROPERTY
CHAPTER 4 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENGLISH LAND LAW FROM 1066 THROUGH THE STATUTE OF USES
299
A. The Feudal System
302
1. Tenure
304
2. Services and Incidents
304
3. The Statute Quia Emptores
308
4. Manor Lands and Copyhold
309
5. Feudalism in the United States
311
B. The Statute of Uses
313
1. Political Background of the Statute
313
2. Basic Effect of the Statute
314
3. Effect of the Statute on Methods of Conveyancing
316
4. New Legal Interests Made Possible by the Statute
317
CHAPTER 5 ESTATES IN LAND AND FUTURE INTERESTS IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY
319
Language Used to Create Estates: Words of Limitation and Words of Purchase
320
Who Are the Heirs? Inheritance of Land
321
What If There Are No Heirs? Escheat
324
A. The Defeasible Fee Simple: Controlling Land Use and Behavior by Threat of Forfeiture
324
Station Associates, Inc. v. Dare County
326
Red Hill Outing Club v. Hammond
332
Restraints on Alienation and Unenforceable Conditions
335
City of Palm Springs v. Living Desert Reserve
337
Differences Among the Defeasible Fees: Adverse Possession, Alienability, and Duration
343
B. Life Estates and Remainders: Providing for the Family
345
1. Life Estates
345
Nelson v. Parker
345
In re Estate of Kinert v. Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
349
In re Estate of Jackson
353
Hausmann v. Hausmann
355
Waste
358
Alienability of Life Estates
360
2. Remainders, Reversions, and Executory Interests
361
a. Indefeasibly Vested
362
b. Vested Subject to Complete Divestment
362
c. Contingent
362
d. Vested Remainders Subject to Partial Divestment
363
Long v. Long
366
C. The Trust
372
D. The Rules Against Perpetuities and Other Doctrines That Destroy Future Interests
373
Exemptions from the Common Law Rule Against Perpetuities
379
In re Estate of Anderson
380
Symphony Space, Inc. v. Pergola Properties, Inc.
390
CHAPTER 6 LANDLORD-TENANT
403
A. The Landlord-Tenant Relationship
403
1. The Leasehold Estates
403
2. Themes in Current Landlord-Tenant Law
404
B. Landlord's Obligations and Tenant's Remedies
407
1. Duty to Deliver Possession
407
Teitelbaum v. Direct Realty Co.
407
2. Duty to Protect Tenant's Quiet Enjoyment: Constructive Eviction
412
Blackett v. Olanoff
412
Wesson v. Leone Enterprises, Inc.
414
3. Condition of the Premises: The Warranty of Habitability
426
Javins v. First National Realty Corp.
426
4. Landlord's Tort Liability
444
Peterson v. Superior Court
445
5. Continuing Issues in Substandard Rental Housing: Lead Paint
459
Landlord Liability for Lead Poisoning of Tenant Children
Caused by Defects in the Premises
459
Easing Lead Paint Laws: A Step in the Wrong Direction
460
Gore v. People's Savings Bank
461
6. Duty Not to Discriminate in Leasing
467
C. Tenant Duties and Landlord Remedies
467
1. Tenant Duties
467
a. Duty to Preserve the Premises
467
Sigsbee Holding Corp. v. Canavan
467
b. Duty to Operate
474
Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc. v. Heard
474
c. Duty to Pay Rent
479
(i) Destruction of the Premises
479
Albert M. Greenfield & Co. v. Kolea
479
(ii) Rent Controls
483
Rent Control and the Theory of Efficient Regulation
485
Residential Rent Controls: An Evaluation 1-2
486
Residential Rent Control
487
Home Is Where the Heart Is: A Brief Reply to Professor Epstein
488
2. Landlord's Remedies
490
a. Recovery of Possession
490
(i) Forfeiture
490
(ii) Self-Help
492
No Easy Way Out: Making the Summary Eviction Process a Fairer and More Efficient Alternative to Landlord Self-Help
492
Jordan v. Talbot
493
(iii) Summary Process
499
(iv) Security in Tenure: Retaliatory Conduct
502
Murphy v. Smallridge
502
b. Monetary Damages
509
(i) The Calculus of Remedies
509
(ii) Landlord's Duty to Mitigate
510
Lefrak v. Lambert
510
Lefrak v. Lambert
515
(iii) Acceleration Clauses
519
Aurora Business Park Associates v. Michael Albert, Inc.
519
(iv) Recovery Devices
525
D. Succession to Rights and Obligations: Assignments and Subleases
527
1. Liability for Rent and Other Covenants
527
a. Assignments
527
Kelly v. Tri-Cities Broadcasting, Inc.
527
b. Subleases
536
American Community Stores Corp. v. Newman
536
2. Power to Assign or Sublet
543
Julian v. Christopher
543
CHAPTER 7 CONCURRENT ESTATES AND MARITAL PROPERTY
553
A. An Overview of the Concurrent Estates: Alienability
554
B. Problems with Sharing Possession
555
Martin v. Martin
557
Yakavonis v. Tilton
559
Delfino v. Vealencis
563
C. Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship: Creation and Severance
568
Downing v. Downing
570
People v. Nogarr
574
Smolen v. Smolen
578
Modern Role of the Four Unities
581
D. Marital Property
581
1. Rights of One Spouse's Creditors to Reach Marital Property
583
Sawada v. Endo
583
Keene v. Edie
589
Harris v. Crowder
594
2. Marital Property Available for Division on Divorce
596
Simmons v. Simmons
597
Martinez v. Martinez
603
Elkus v. Elkus
606
Davis v. Davis
611
3. Spousal Property Rights at Death
621
PART III VOLUNTARY TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY
CHAPTER 8 LIFETIME GIFTS THAT ARE NOT IN TRUST
627
A. Donative Intent and Formalities Required When No Deed of Gift Is Used
628
Irons V. Smallpiece
628
Function of the Delivery Requirement
630
Acceptance
632
Revocability
633
Newell v. National Bank of Norwich
634
Gifts Made by Check
636
In re Estate of Smith
636
Woo v. Smart
639
Symbolic Delivery and Delivery to Third Person
642
B. Donative Intent and Delivery When an Instrument of Transfer Is Used
643
Innes v. Potter
644
Gruen v. Gruen
648
C. Joint Bank Accounts and Donative Intent
653
CHAPTER 9 THE MODERN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION
655
A. Introduction to the Real Estate Transaction
655
1. Overview of a Transaction Residential Real Estate Transaction: The Lawyer's Proper Role-Services-Compensation
655
2. The Lawyer's Professional Responsibility
670
In re Conduct of Baer
670
3. Brokers
675
Tristram's Landing, Inc. v. Wait
675
B. Contract of Sale
680
1. Statute of Frauds
687
2. Contract Conditions
689
a. Ground Rules
690
Sechrest v. Safiol
690
b. Marketable Title
693
Conklin v. Davi
693
c. Equitable Conversion/Risk of Loss
700
Bryant v. Willison Real Estate Co.
700
d. Quality of the Property
705
Stambovsky v. Ackley
705
e. Contract Remedies
712
C. The Deed
714
1. Overview
714
2. Delivery
715
Chandler v. Chandler
715
3. Description
721
4. Covenants for Title
723
Seymour v. Evans
724
D. The Mortgage
734
Glossary and Cast of Characters
734
Function of a Mortgage
735
Security Interests Other Than Real Estate Mortgages
736
The Real Estate Mortgage as It Was Developed in the Courts
737
The Mortgagee's Security Interest: Title Theory, Lien Theory
739
Foreclosure in Modern Practice
740
Williams v. Kimes
741
E. The Recording System
744
1. Introduction
744
2. Record Notice
750
Ryczkowski v. Chelsea Title & Guaranty Co.
751
Morse v. Curtis
752
Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart v. Boehm Bros.
754
3. Inquiry Notice
759
Sanborn v. McLean
759
4. When a Person Is a Purchaser
763
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co. v. First National Bank
763
5. Marketable Title Acts
766
6. Bona Fide Purchasers of Personal Property
768
Sherer-Gillett Co. v. Long
768
F. Title Protection
771
1. The Torrens System
771
Killam v. March
772
2. Title Insurance
777
Somerset Savings Bank v. Chicago Title Insurance Co.
777
CHAPTER 10 PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING
785
A. Protection under the Federal Constitution
785
Shelley v. Kraemer
786
B. Protection under the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the
Federal Fair Housing Act
793
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.
794
Have Fair Housing Laws Made a Difference?
799
C. Discrimination Against the Handicapped
800
Hill v. Community of Damien of Molokai
801
Salute v. Stratford Greens
809
D. Discrimination on the Basis of Familial Status
813
Simovits v. Chanticleer Condominium Ass'n
814
E. Discrimination on the Basis of Marital Status and Sexual Orientation
822
Smith v. Fair Employment and Housing Commission
822
Hubert v. Williams
835
PART IV LAND USE CONTROLS
CHAPTER 11 NUISANCE: SIC UTERE TUO UT ALIENUM NON LAEDAS
841
Clark v. Wambold
841
Mitchell v. Hines
842
Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co.
851
Spur Industries, Inc. v. Del E. Webb Development Co.
858
Property Rules and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral
864
Prah v. Maretti
867
Mark v. State Department of Fish and Wildlife
879
CHAPTER 12 SERVITUDES AND COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES
889
A. Introduction
889
Running with the Land and Running with Interests in the Land
889
Types of Servitudes and Servitude Categories
890
Common Interest Communities
891
A Bit of History: Disintegration and Integration of Servitudes Law
891
B. Easements and Profits
893
1. Creation of Easements and Profits
894
a. Intent
894
(i) Easement or Fee?
894
Brown v. The Penn Central Corporation
894
(ii) Easement or License?
897
Stratis v. Doyle
897
Cooper v. Boise Church of Christ
899
b. Creation by Estoppel
903
Mund v. English
903
c. Creation by Implication
906
(i) Implied on the Basis of Prior Use
906
Van Sandt v. Royster
906
(ii) Implied on the Basis of Necessity
911
Morrell v. Rice
911
d. Creation by Prescription
917
Paxson v. Glovitz
917
Comparing Easements by Implication from Prior Use, by Necessity, and by Prescription
920
e. Creation by Dedication, Condemnation, and Other Forced Sales
921
Goulding v. Cook
921
f. Creating Easements for Third Parties
925
Estate of Thomson v. Wade
925
2. Scope of Easements and Profits
929
a. Location, Relocation, and Use of Easements
929
Davis v. Bruk
929
Lewis v. Young
932
b. Use of Easement for Non-Dominant Land
939
Brown v. Voss
939
c. Succession, Exclusivity, Assignability, and Divisibility
943
City of Pasadena v. California-Michigan Land & Water Co.
944
Fairbrother v. Adams
947
3. Modification and Termination of Easements and Profits
950
Central Oregon Fabricators, Inc. v. Hudspeth
950
C. Covenants
954
1. The English Background
955
Negative Easements in English Law
959
2. Covenants and Negative Easements in America
961
Runyon v. Paley
962
Sonoma Development, Inc. v. Miller
976
Differences Between Real Covenants and Equitable Servitudes in American Law
980
Conservation and Historic Preservation Servitudes
982