The Law of Property

by Stoebuck, William B.; Whitman, Dale A.; Cunningham, Roger A.

• ISBN13: 9780314228703
• ISBN10: 0314228705
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: West Academic

Summary

Reliable source on property laws surveys estates in land-present, future, and concurrent, comparable interests in personalty, landlord and tenant law, and rights against neighbors and other third persons. Also examines easements and profits, running covenants, governmental controls on land use, land contracts, conveyances, titles, and recording systems. Contains footnote citations to leading court decisions for easy location of primary authority.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Acknowledgments	vii
Westlaw Overview	ix
Introduction	1	(24)
Present Estates in Realty and Equivalent Interests in Personalty	25	(53)
Future Estates in Realty and Future Interests in Personalty	78	(68)
General Introduction	79	(4)
Reversionary Future Interests	83	(5)
Non-reversionary Future Interests	88	(22)
Restrictions on Creation of Non-reversionary Future Interests	110	(28)
Characteristics of Future Interests	138	(8)
Relations Between Owners of Present and Future Estates and Interests in the Same Realty or Personalty	146	(29)
Concurrent Ownership of Realty and Personalty	175	(66)
Landlord and Tenant	241	(169)
Nature and History of Leaseholds	243	(2)
Leaseholds Distinguished From Other Relationships	245	(12)
Creation of the Landlord-tenant Relationship	257	(12)
Tenant's Right of Possession and Enjoyment	269	(11)
Interference with Tenant's Possession	280	(9)
Condition of the Premises	289	(64)
Annexation of Buildings and Improvements	353	(2)
Rent and Security	355	(16)
Taxes and Insurance	371	(2)
Renewals and Extensions	373	(4)
Purchase Options	377	(2)
Transfers by Landlord or Tenant	379	(10)
Termination	389	(21)
Rights Incident to Possession of Land	410	(24)
Servitudes	434	(81)
Easements and Profits	435	(34)
Running Covenants	469	(46)
Governmental Regulation of Land Use	515	(189)
The Power to Regulate: Sources and Constitutional Limitations	516	(52)
The System of Planning and Zoning	568	(88)
Non-Zoning Land-Use Controls	656	(48)
Contracts for the Sale of Land	704	(102)
Conveyances and Titles	806	(131)
Appendix: Westlaw Research	937	(16)
Table of Cases	953	(128)
Index	1081