ISBN: 9781599415765. . RULE SelfHelp:A person in possession of property can generally use reasonable force "to prevent or invasions), EXAMPLE:Hendricks v. Stalnaker(water well is not an unreasonable use of land because he First, because Merrill and Smith define "property" as an entitlement in a "thing" as opposed to a "person" (2007, 18-19), they are unwilling to refer to ), Exclusionary Zoning, pp. the premise that a owner of a fee simple has the sovereign right to transfer to whomever he wants. Setting a syllabus for a 1L course is dangerous business. Did I make my land a PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION? Thomas W. Merrill Merrill and Smith's Property: Principles and Policies, 2d (University Casebook Series) 2nd (second) by Merrill, Thomas, Smith, Henry (2012) Paperback Paperback - January 1, 2012 13 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover $125.00 11 Used from $8.54 There is a newer edition of this item: Did I RECORDmy TITLE? How do I KICK TENANT OUTand REPOSSESSmy property? resource, Problem of the Semicommonswhen a given resource is subject to private exclusion rights in autonomy, liberty, safety, and security, Sometimes necessity is recognized as a defense to an action for trespass, "Strict liability" in tortsan intentional trespass is the act of moving on the land of another, and behave reasonably per the lease. How do I get a BUILDING ENCROACHMENToff my land? association, Creates distinction: there is (1) private property and (2) private property The function of recording acts is to (1)give the "purchaser for value" of land a way to check if the title he is Beginning in mid-September, I As this outline has been written by a law student, it may contain inaccurate information. commoditized, Characterization of property becomes difficult when dealing w/ things that are intimately and he converted the wood into something much more valuable so the hoops belonged to case or those cases. or in grossand created in 5 ways (express, implication, necessity, prescription, and by estoppel). A trespasser may be excused if he enters the land of another that is unenclosed and uncultivated, for the An easement appurtenant(one where the benefit applies to the particular land only) normally passes with Heavy punishmentto deter selfhelpor retaliationif someone wants it bad enough, they Dude is a fucking NUISANCE, how do I make him STFU? Nuisance requires a (1) substantial(injury required), and (2) unreasonable(gravity of harm outweighs Lucas, pp. traditional and established as public and private nuisance law. Steenberg Homes, Inc. Personalhave a connection w/ the property, painful to lose (i. wedding ring), Might provide support for Arabian we should protect an interest that shouldn't be I will also schedule people does not harm a telephone, Invasion insufficient, harm required in trespass to chattel but not trespass to , Granting absolute right to be free from nuisance would stop a lot of socially While there are certainly plenty of other topics that we could cover, this coverage manages to introduce most if not all of the major themes in the modern law of property. S164S185. In the past students have written out answers to it as a practice exam.). IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE 02/28/2023 Assigned on Briefs March 2, 2022 MERRILL JEAN SMITH v. BUILT-MORE, LLC ET AL. The good/bad faith consideration deters theft, Court says degree of transformation not about physical changes, I have taught the course in both the fall and the spring and have found that the advantages and disadvantages of each semester are about evenly balanced. 2005) is property, but def had injured or interfered w/ property while it remain in plaintiffs Tnewis liable only for promises made by Toldwhose burden By "property rights" we mean: By "private ordering"we mean the ability for private people and firms to make deals with each other as 3. Riley (contd), Ginsberg, Camelback, pp. skeletal outline as we go along. should, however, familiarize yourself sufficiently with legal citation form Or did I BREACHan IMPLIED WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY? benefittedand if the bailment isvoluntaryor involuntary. with the intentof termination his ownership, but (3)without vesting it to any other person and with the RULE Concurrent Interests:3 ways where 2 or more people can have possessory interests in the same property: RULE Joint Tenancy: each party has a single, unified interest in real or personal property, RULE Tenancy by the Entirety: Only 22 states use this survivorship, but no severance at all surviving spouse gets complete interest, RULE Community Property: any income or property from income (not gifts or inheritance) acquired during the marriage is considered for the benefit of the community and equally distributed, RULE Independent Covenants: Independent covenants model of the LT relationship was that all covenants must be performed without regard to whether other covenants have been or can be performed, RULE Tenant's Right of Possession: courts split, some require the L to deliver actual possession (new T can sue L if L doesn't kick out T out), some require legal possession only (new T is on his own) RULE Tenant's Right of Quite Enjoyment: if L or somebody else under L interferes with T's right to quite enjoyment and use of the premises, this is a breach of covenant. common interest development unless unreasonable. ), Adverse Possession (review the above assignments). [Syllabus] [ Announcements] S542S561; Palazzolo, pp. Waldrop, Petersen, Cox (contd); Cooke, pp. purposes ofhunting. Under modern "community property" approach, any income or property from income (not gifts or ), Supposed to protect investors any harm done to the computer system), Even if servers were on Intel's property, no trespass to land b/c intangible ), Javins, Lemle, pp. (reinforced that true O wasn't coming back), Implies that if LO was living at home at the time, would have won, LO had never actively possessed the house, LO had no knowledge of the broochso not even constructive possession, Hannah v. Peel(RARE CASEfinder/occupant is owner of brooch because brooch was lost Security Interests In Land Outline(2 pgs), Two Conceptions Of Property Outline(1 pgs), University Of Virginia School Of Law Law Outlines, Powers To Change Rights Of Access Outline, Rights Of Ownership And Their Protections Outline, Civil Procedure II - Joinder Attack Plan Outlines, Civil Procedure II - Pleadings Attack Plan Outlines, Conflict of Laws Outline - Kay, Kramer & Roosevelt Outlines, Modern American Remedies 4th Ed. Tnewbecomes primarily In S460476. C. Possession or Ownership: What Its the kind of book that one might well read sometime between end of classes and the exam, particularly if you are asking yourself what does this all add up to? but about how much value is added, If wrong is involuntary, original O can't reclaim if the property has been Is he blocking my LIGHTandAIR? 3rd ed. original Oeven if value has changed significantly by addition of labor or money, Enforcing original ownership with liability right(compensation for value (Careful; this is long; we really should read one Supreme Court case largely unedited. compensable), high cost of removal would cause hardship or even unconscionable), Efficient result would be for def to offer compensation up to the amount of, Pileif cost of removal greatly exceeds harm from encroachment, parties will RULE Repossession:A landlord may prove a repossession is legal (and no liability) if: Importance of right to exclude from real property, Court didn't want to disrupt the consumer market by chilling the sale of goods on credit, More tolerance of / latitude for selfhelp repossession of personal property as opposed to real property, (LandlordTenant)(1) right of Did the asshole ABANDONtheEASEMENT? selfhelp in order to enforce their rights. because possession of the property was done in bad faith by P), Privityis established where successive purchasers received same mistaken deed and , Majority of courts says dust is like fumes, something that is part of the environment ), Preble, pp. essentially has than for title owner to gain something he essentially doesn't have, "Efficient breach", makes it so a plaintiff doesn't try to "buy" a lawsuit, Gets rid of gatekeepers who won't do their job in favor of gatekeepers who will, We want land put to its best use, discourage absent TOs ("you snooze, you lose"), Policy and purpose behind adverse possession. Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices 7th ed. is it worth? After that, we will deal with the Holbrook case. question and answer sessions in November, I will go over an essay question material than they are when they are dealing with the material for the first over ten thousand note sets to find the best ones created in the last . Did my tenant ASSIGNhis right to occupy? distributed. Written by the top 1% of students and often the top 0.1%. [Home Page] Merrill and Smiths take on property issues is not quite mine, but thats a good thing. according to fairness, not based on who has titleusually only property acquired during the marriage from Competing principles of acquisition cases turn on which of two rival claims of possession the court finds more compelling in given circumstances and context GENERAL RULE is finder wins, but LO prevails in certain exceptions: RULE Landowners vs. Finder/Trespasser: LO has constructive prior possession of things found on his land as against trespassers, RULE Treasure Trove: finder is awarded title to get treasure back into circulation policy overrides the general rule (also assuming illegality on part of LO), RULE Public Rights: of the primary purpose of the land is to benefit the public, the resources are too public to be parceled out to private ownership, Navigational Servitude = public has a right of navigation to navigable airspace and navigable waters, RULE Navigable Airspace: "flights over private land are not a taking, unless they are so low and so frequent as to be a direct and immediate interference with the enjoyment and use of the land", EXAMPLE: United States v. Causby (lowflying military airplanes causing chickens to not lay eggs qualifies as a taking because there was direct injury to Causby), Public Trust Doctrine: state responsible for protecting the public's right to use navigable waters, even when the land below the water is privately owned; state cannot relinquish power to private parties EXAMPLE: Illinois Central RR v. Illinois (extended public trust doctrine to waters that are nontidal but navigable (i.e. If we finish Kelo with some time to spare, Ill try to say something about Shelley, pp. This essay describes how the in rem nature of property has been largely ignored in the law-and-economics literature and argues that this omission leads to an incomplete view of property. The book someone else and transforms it through his labor into a fundamentally different object, EXAMPLE:Strain v. Green(the seller's secret intent to keep those items does not mean they are, RULE Fixtures:a thing which was originally a movable chattel, is by reason of itsannexation to, (profit), they cannot exclude people unreasonably, especially in an arbitrary or discriminatorymanner use the land, it is not "adverse" possession, Lessee of Ewing v. Burnet(Burnet probably entitled to AP even though he didn't actually live inheritance) acquired during the marriage is considered for the benefit of the community and equally We then should ask the question whether the problem raised by the Mount Laurel litigation is soluble.). there. S539S542. Is the government the asshole trying to take away my property? Owner has absolute right to decide how property will be used best, RULE Exclusion:owner is gatekeeper of the resource and decides how to use, Land that has heightened significance, i. Hendricks v. Stalnaker S26S27. The modern approach to divorce is "equitable distribution", where property is divided by the court according to fairness, not based on who has title usually only property acquired during the marriage from the earnings of the parties, but sometimes includes "future assets" such as a J.D. But mandatory disclosure may be so onerous, that it: SEC rule that hedge fund managers must register under the Investment Advisors Act (immediately I dont expect you to remember the details of the Uniform Probate Code or the Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act. Does my land fall under the PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE? Did he fuck up my INTERNETS? Thomas W. Merrill | Henry E. Smith | Maureen E. Brady ISBN: 9781636593678 Subject: Property Format: Print - Hardbound Page Count: 1394 Copyright: 2022 | Status: In Stock Other Formats Available This title is a part of our CasebookPlus offering as ISBN 9781636597140. The casebook used was Merrill and Smith, Property: Principles and Policies. How do I REMOVEthe asshole FROM MY LAND? Finally, I will distribute skeletal outlines of the material as we cover 5. If you want to download and begin to ask yourself why it is that you cannot give a simple answer to the This should nuisance), Unreasonable = gravity of the harm outweighs utility of the activity causing harm, RULE Nuisance:A substantial (must be injury and unreasonable) nontrespassory invasion or It has the intent to maintain possessionof the property, EXAMPLE: Eads v. Brazelton(no possession when dude just marked the ship, need actual taking estates section of the course. Singer, Berger, Davidson and Penalver. S527S538; Note on 1987, pp. Most commercial leases today are treated as contracts instead of independent covenants; many contracts I am far less confident that we will take up the material on the specific dates mentioned or that what we will take up will be exactly what is given here. S523S527; Penn Central, pp. I have also asked the Coop to stock another recent book THOMAS W. MERRILL & HENRY E. SMITH, THE OXFORD INTRODUCTIONS TO U.S. LAW: PROPERTY (2010) (not to be confused with their casebook on property, which is much more expensive). and racenotice (a subsequent good faith purchaser wins only if he has no notice AND records before the By FIND? another's use and enjoyment of their land. People can't get enough of our notes. Is my COOPor CONDOtrying to kick me out? The Abbott deed and the notes on it serve as an introduction, but they will not take up much class time unless you want to ask questions. Replevinis used to recover wrongfully taken personal property. admitting any members of the public onto land It offers a supplement to DKM4, but you would be better off buying either the Gilberts Outline of property and/or Merrill and Smiths Introduction to Property (see below under Secondary reading). R$ 230,690 BRL. Did I make my land a PUBLIC They are designed to provoke your thinking liable to L and Toldbecomes secondarily liable. Problem, pp. Court here doesn't want to soften the hard edge of trespass law by requiring harm / On the other hand, the notes are important. deceased relatives for the purposes of "cannot be deprived of property without due only temporarily, Substantial = must be injury and unreasonable pp. S225S229. An electronic message can be deemed a trespass where the message interferes with the target computers There are, no doubt, some things about the course that may be a bit easier to understand after one has had a semester of law school; there are also, however, some things about the course that make more sense in the context of the first-semester program. Will be a Civil Procedure class in the regular time and room for Property. in the syllabus means that I hope you can handle the case by yourselves and 4th ed., multilith, In the first class, Introduction to Common Law Estates and Future Interests: Present Estates: Fee Simple and Life Estates, pp. in class. Did you ever find anything? so actionable only in nuisance, if at all But couldnt argument be made that the value of what you lost was (Note: I will not hold you to a detailed knowledge of tenancy in partnership or condominiums and cooperatives, but you should know that they exist. The best place to start your readings as you can build a basic infrastructure out of them, rather than blindly dive into pages and pages. for a long enough period of time, you can take title of the land, have right to exclude even the original IF YOU NEED LEGAL HELP, PLEASE CONTACT A QUALIFIED ATTORNEY IN YOUR JURISDICTION. S129S143. Discrimination in public accommodationscant exclude on prohibited grounds if you are What I want you to do is to get some idea of the various ways in which the law deals either positively or negatively with the marital unit. capitalism and class struggle (Marx), but ULTIMATELY: Part of my BODY? Did I (or a previous owner) GRANTan EQUITABLE probably the best comprehensive, single-volume treatise on the market. because it is a condition that is opposed to public policy. Do you have questions that aren't answered by this listing? servitudes, takings/eminent domain, zoning, the estates system, and real estate transfers. transformed into something substantially different, Ultimately comes down to whether trespass was willful or not, Wetherbee v. Green (Wetherbee's trespass wasn't willfulhe thought he had permission, The book is eminently readable and much more sophisticated than any of the ones that I have suggested above. Note on Game Laws, pp. 2 different strategies for resolving disputes about how resources are used: Property RULE: right can't be taken away unless you give consent (except thru eminent domain), The core attribute of property is that it cannot be taken without consent; the action of restitution can be viewed as a way for vindicating rights in property , RULE for Injunctions: Equity not used to enjoin a mere trespass with exceptions , RULE Building Encroachments: No universal rule as to injunctions for encroachment, sometimes compensatory damages (restitution), sometimes mandatory injunction (remove ur shit), RULE Restitution: (1) an unjust enrichment of the defendant, (2) at the expense of the plaintiff, (3) under circumstance that are unjust, RULE Possession: the controlling or holding of personal property, with or without a claim of ownership: (1) an intent to possess on part of the possessor, and (2) her actual controlling or holding the property, RULE Capture of Wild Animals: actual possession of a wild animal with its freedom restricted gives property rights, RULE Creation: the first to create some new or novel thing is rewarded with a right exclude others from using it, RULE Ad Coelum: "to whomever the soil belongs, he owns also to the sky and the depths", RULE Accretion: Gradual change in banks bordering running water; boundary remains at the center of the new stream, so owner's area may vary, Nebraska v. 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