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Tables of Contents for Fundamentals of Property Law
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Dedication
v
Preface
vii
Summary Table of Contents
ix
Personal Property
1
128
Wild Animals
1
17
Pierson v. Post
1
3
Notes
4
2
Buster v. Newkirk
6
1
Notes
7
1
Keeble v. Hickeringill
8
1
Notes
9
1
Dapson v. Daly
10
1
Notes
11
1
State of Ohio v. Shaw
11
2
Notes
13
1
Ghen v. Rich
14
2
Notes
16
1
State of North Dakota v. Dickinson Cheese Co., Inc
17
1
Notes
18
1
Classifying Property as Real or Personal
18
7
Haslem v. Lockwood
18
3
Goddard v. Winchell
21
3
Notes
24
1
Acquiring Abandoned Property
25
5
Eads v. Brazelton
25
2
Notes
27
3
Finders' Rights
30
14
Armory v. Delamirie
30
1
Clark v. Maloney
30
1
Barker v. Bates
31
1
Notes
31
2
South Staffordshire Water Co. v. Sharman
33
2
Hannah v. Peel
35
3
Notes
38
2
Favorite v. Miller
40
3
Notes
43
1
Bailments
44
25
Peet v. The Roth Hotel Co
45
3
Notes
48
2
Allen v. Hyatt Regency---Nashville Hotel
50
5
Notes
55
1
Cowen v. Pressprich
56
3
Notes
59
1
Carr v. Hoosier Photo Supplies, Inc
60
5
Notes
65
3
A Note on Pawnbrokers
68
1
Gifts
69
14
Gifts Inter Vivos
69
1
Irons v. Smallpiece
69
1
Notes
70
1
Gruen v. Gruen
71
5
Notes
76
2
Gifts Causa Mortis
78
1
Woo v. Smart
78
4
Notes
82
1
Unauthorized Possession and Bona Fide Purchasers
83
25
Anderson v. Gouldberg
83
1
Notes
84
2
Russell v. Hill
86
1
Notes
87
1
Porter v. Wertz
88
8
Notes
96
1
Note on Adverse Possessors of Personal Property
96
1
Chapin v. Freeland
97
1
Notes
98
2
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation v. Lubell
100
5
Notes
105
1
A Note on the Scope of Conversion
106
2
Accession
108
11
Bank of America v. J. & S. Auto Repairs
111
7
Notes
118
1
Fixtures
119
10
Wyoming State Farm Loan Bd. v. Farm Credit Sys. Capital Corp
119
5
Notes
124
5
The Law of Neighbors
129
92
Adverse Possession
129
14
The Statutory Basis
129
1
Fleming v. Griswold
130
1
Notes and Problems
131
1
The Elements of Adverse Possession
131
1
Anderson v. Cold Spring Tungsten, Inc.
132
4
Dillaha v. Temple
136
2
Notes
138
1
The Policy and Future of Adverse Possession
139
1
Meyer v. Law
139
3
Notes
142
1
Rights of Lateral and Subjacent Support
143
14
Lateral Support
143
1
Noone v. Price
144
4
Notes
148
2
Modifying the Duty of Support by Statute
150
1
Subjacent Support
151
1
Island Creek Coal Co. v. Rodgers
151
5
Notes
156
1
Air and Light
157
27
Airspace
157
1
Murphy v. Bolger
157
1
Notes
158
1
United States v. Causby
159
6
Notes
165
2
Rights in Air and Light
167
1
Sundowner, Inc. v. King
167
2
Notes
169
2
Fontainebleau Hotel Corp. v. Forty-Five Twenty-Five, Inc.
171
3
Notes
174
2
Prah v. Maretti
176
6
Notes
182
2
Nuisance
184
22
Bove v. Donner-Hanna Coke Corp
185
4
Notes
189
1
Griffin v. Northridge
190
4
Notes
194
1
Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co.
194
5
Notes
199
2
Robert C. Ellickson, Alternatives to Zoning: Covenants, Nuisance Rules, and Fines as Land Use Controls, 40 U. Chi. L. Rev. 681, 722-24 (1973)
201
1
Notes
202
4
Water Rights
206
15
Diffuse Surface Water
206
1
Westland Skating Ctr., Inc. v. Gus Machado Buick, Inc.
206
5
Notes
211
1
Groundwater
212
1
MacArtor v. The Graylyn Crest III Swim Club, Inc.
212
3
Notes
215
1
Riparian and Littoral Rights
216
1
Notes
217
4
Estates in Land
221
120
The Fee Simple
221
17
Johnson v. Whiton
221
2
Notes
223
1
Hall v. Hall
224
3
Peters v. East Penn Township School District
227
2
Notes
229
1
Mountain Brow Lodge No. 82, Independent Order of Odd Fellows v. Toscano
230
3
Notes
233
1
Bank of Powhattan v. Rooney
233
2
Notes
235
1
Estate of Elizabeth Beck
236
1
Notes
237
1
The Fee Tail
238
6
Armstrong v. Smith
240
4
Notes and Problems
244
1
The Life Estate
244
17
Thompson v. Baxter
245
3
Notes
248
1
Smith v. Smith
249
2
Notes
251
1
Brokaw v. Fairchild
251
4
Notes
255
1
New York, O. & W. R. Co. v. Livingston
256
3
Notes
259
1
Tillman v. Richton Tie and Timber Co.
259
1
Notes
260
1
Marital Estates
261
11
The Common Law
261
1
Melenky v. Melen
262
1
Notes
263
1
Statutory Changes in Marital Estates
264
2
Community Property
266
1
In re Kessler's Estate
266
5
Notes and Problems
271
1
Homestead Rights
271
1
Concurrent Estates
272
14
Basic Characteristics
272
2
The Creation of Concurrent Tenancies
274
1
Camp v. Camp
274
3
Relations among Concurrent Tenants
277
1
The Termination of Concurrent Tenancies
278
1
Riddle v. Harmon
278
5
Notes
283
1
Allison v. Powell
283
2
Notes
285
1
Reversions, Reverters, and Powers of Termination
286
8
Village of Peoria Heights v. Keithley
286
2
Problems
288
1
Trustees of Calvary Presbyterian Church v. Putnam
288
2
Notes
290
1
Long v. Long
290
4
Remainders
294
22
The Creation of Remainders
294
1
McRorie v. Creswell
294
3
Notes
297
1
Stewart v. Merchants Nat'l Bank of Aurora
298
3
Notes and Problems
301
1
The Classification and Characteristics of Remainders
302
1
Ryan v. Monaghan
302
1
Buckley v. Buckley
303
1
Notes and Questions
304
3
Danz v. Danz
307
2
Notes and Questions
309
1
Black v. Todd
310
2
Browning v. Sacrison
312
3
Notes
315
1
The Statute of Uses and Executory Interests
316
4
Blackman v. Fysh
317
2
Notes
319
1
Powers of Appointment
320
8
The Nature of Powers
320
1
Gilman v. Bell
320
1
Bank of Dallas v. Republic Nat'l Bank of Dallas
321
2
Notes
323
1
Varieties of Powers
324
1
In re Rowlands' Estate
325
3
Notes
328
1
The Rule Against Perpetuities
328
13
United Virginia Bank/Citizens & Marine v. Union Oil Co.
329
3
Notes
332
1
Jee v. Audley
333
1
In re Manson's Estate
334
2
Problems
336
1
Sears v. Coolidge
337
3
Notes
340
1
Landlord and Tenant
341
142
Types of Tenancies
341
2
Alfano v. Donnelly
342
1
Notes
343
1
Creation
343
11
Note on Tenant's Right to Possession
344
1
Hannan v. Dusch
344
8
Notes
352
2
The Structure of Leases
354
5
Woodbrook Assocs., Inc. v. Prospect
354
5
Notes
359
1
Illegality and Frustration of Purpose
359
5
Illegality
359
1
Frustration
360
2
Smith v. Roberts
362
1
Notes
363
1
The Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment
364
7
Blackett v. Olanoff
364
2
Echo Consulting Servs., Inc. v. North Conway Bank
366
4
Notes
370
1
The Covenant to Repair
371
7
Van Wormer v. Crane
372
2
Notes
374
3
Stewart v. Childs Co.
377
1
The Implied Covenant of Habitability
378
10
Wade v. Jobe
379
4
Notes
383
2
Hilder v. St. Peter
385
2
Notes
387
1
A Landlord's Tort Liability
388
14
Borders v. Roseberry
388
5
Notes
393
1
Feld v. Merriam
394
6
Notes
400
2
Assignments and Subleases
402
28
Diagram 1: Landlord-Tenant Relationship
402
1
Diagram 2: Sublease
403
1
Diagram 3: Assignment
404
1
Diagram 4: Jaber v. Miller
405
2
Assumption and Novation
407
1
Diagram 5: Assumption
408
1
Diagram 6: Novation
408
1
First American Nat'l Bank of Nashville v. Chicken Sys. of America, Inc.
409
4
Notes
413
2
Problems
415
1
Transfer Restrictions
415
1
Julian v. Christopher
415
5
Notes
420
1
Assignments and Real Covenants
421
1
Abbott v. Bob's U-Drive
421
5
Notes
426
1
Sublessees in Bankruptcy
426
1
In re 48th Street Steakhouse, Inc.
426
3
Notes
429
1
Termination
430
30
Notice of Termination
430
1
Term for Years
430
1
Periodic Tenancy
430
1
S.D.G. v. Inventory Control Company
431
1
Tenancy at Will
432
1
Tenancy at Sufferance
432
1
Surrender and Abandonment
433
1
The Traditional Rule
433
1
A Corollary Rule, Accepted in a Majority of States
433
1
Sagamore Corp. v. Willcutt
433
2
Notes
435
1
Austin Hill Country Realty, Inc. v. Palisades Plaza, Inc.
436
5
Notes
441
4
Schneiker v. Gordon
445
5
Notes
450
2
Problems
452
1
The Holdover Tenant
452
1
A.H. Fetting Mfg. Jewelry Co. v. Waltz
453
4
Notes
457
3
The Landlord's Self-Help
460
5
Bass v. Boetel & Co.
460
5
Questions
465
1
Summary Procedure
465
3
Problems
468
1
Retaliatory Eviction
468
7
Building Monitoring Sys., Inc. v. Paxton
468
5
Notes
473
2
Security Deposits
475
8
Notes
477
1
Mountain Queen Condominium Ass'n, Inc. v. Haan
477
4
Notes
481
2
Land Conveyancing
483
222
Real Estate Agents
484
13
Quintin Johnstone, Land Transfers: Process and Processors, 22 Val. U. L. Rev. 493, 494-99 (1988)
484
3
Notes
487
1
Listing Agreement
488
1
Notes
488
2
Tristram's Landing, Inc. v. Wait
490
4
Notes
494
3
Problems
497
1
Contracts of Sale
497
39
The Statute of Frauds
497
2
Cash v. Maddox
499
1
Notes
500
1
Problems
500
1
Equitable Conversion
500
2
Bryant v. Willison Real Estate Co.
502
4
Notes
506
1
Contract Contingencies
507
1
Disclosures About the Property
508
1
Time for Performance of the Contract
508
1
Problems
509
1
Express ``Subject to Financing'' Contract Terms
509
2
Bruyere v. Jade Realty Corp.
511
1
Notes
512
1
Implied Contract Terms
512
3
Notes
515
1
Breaks in the Chain of Title
515
1
Trimboli v. Kinkel
516
2
Express Title Standards in Contracts
518
1
Problems
519
1
Quantity or Acreage Disputes
519
1
Turner v. Ferrin
519
7
Notes
526
1
Contract Remedies
526
1
Damages
526
2
Specific Performance
528
1
Rescission
529
1
Other Remedies
530
1
Installment Land Sale Contracts
530
1
Installment Land Sale Contract
531
1
Notes
532
4
Land Transfers
536
60
History of Common Law Conveyancing
536
1
Rufford G. Patton & Carroll G. Patton, Patton on Land Titles 3-8 (2d ed. 1957)
536
2
Modern Conveyancing
538
4
Anderson v. Anderson
542
5
Notes
547
1
Statutory Short Form Deeds
548
1
Notes and Problems
549
4
Deed Covenants
553
1
Breach of Covenants
553
1
Brown v. Lober
554
4
Notes
558
1
Running with the Land
559
1
Proffitt v. Isley
559
1
Notes
560
1
St. Paul Title Insurance Corporation v. Owen
561
4
Notes
565
2
Legal Descriptions
567
1
Government Survey System
567
3
Metes and Bounds
570
2
Recorded Subdivision Plat
572
2
John E. Cribbet & Corwin W. Johnson, Principles of the Law of Property 209-12 (3d ed. 1989)
574
2
Intent, Delivery, and Acceptance
576
1
Brtek v. Cihal
576
7
Notes
583
1
Turner v. Mallernee
584
7
Notes
591
1
Underwood v. Gillespie
592
4
Notes
596
1
Recording Acts
596
56
History of the Recording Acts
597
1
Operation of the Recording Acts
598
1
Grant S. Nelson & Dale A. Whitman, Real Estate Transfer, Finance, and Development 210-14 (5th ed. 1998)
599
4
Problems
603
1
Indexes
604
1
Grantor-Grantee Index
605
3
Tract Index
608
1
Bona Fide Purchasers
609
1
Lack of Notice
609
2
In re Barnacle
611
4
Notes
615
1
J.C. Penney Co. v. Giant Eagle, Inc
615
3
Notes
618
1
Methonen v. Stone
619
4
Notes
623
1
Payment of Consideration
623
1
Geo. M. McDonald & Co. v. Johns
623
3
Notes and Problems
626
1
Bona Fide Purchaser Filter
626
1
Chergosky v. Crosstown Bell, Inc.
627
5
Recording and Indexing
632
1
Zimmer v. Sundell
632
3
Problems
635
1
Frank v. Storer
635
5
Notes
640
2
Skelton v. Martin
642
2
Notes
644
1
Exclusions from the Recording Act
645
1
Mugaas v. Smith
645
3
Notes
648
1
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. v. Kelton
649
3
Notes
652
1
Torrens Registration
652
5
Notes
657
1
Title Insurance
657
27
Notes
670
1
Swanson v. Safeco Title Insurance Co.
671
5
Notes
676
1
Greenberg v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co.
677
6
Notes
683
1
Closings and Escrows
684
21
Ferguson v. Caspar
684
8
Notes
692
3
Lechner v. Halling
695
8
Notes
703
2
Servitudes and Easements
705
74
Easements
705
39
Creation of Easements
706
1
Estate of Thomson v. Wade
706
1
Notes
707
1
Baseball Publishing Co. v. Bruton
708
2
Bunn. v. Offutt
710
2
Notes
712
1
Easements Implied by Necessity
713
1
Kingsley v. Gouldsborough Land Improvement Co.
714
1
Notes
715
1
Chandler Flyers, Inc. v. Stellar Development Corp.
715
2
Notes
717
1
Hollars v. Church of God of Apostolic Faith, Inc.
718
2
Notes
720
1
Easements Implied by Past Use
720
1
Flax v. Smith
721
2
Prescriptive Easements
723
1
Reed v. Piedimonte
723
1
Notes
724
1
State ex rel. Haman v. Fox
724
6
Notes
730
1
Scope of the Easement
731
1
Brown v. Voss
731
5
Hayes v. Aquia Marina, Inc.
736
4
Notes
740
1
Termination of Easements
741
1
Lindsey v. Clark
741
3
Real Covenants
744
14
Rogers v. Watson
745
2
Notes
747
1
Neponsit Property Owners Ass'n v. Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank
748
6
Notes
754
1
Feider v. Feider
755
3
Equitable Servitudes
758
15
Creation
758
1
Tulk v. Moxhay
758
1
Notes
759
1
Enforcement
760
1
Houghton v. Rizzo
760
4
Notes
764
1
Citizens for Covenant Compliance v. Anderson
764
9
Termination of Covenants
773
6
Grange v. Korff
774
3
Notes
777
2
Takings and Land Use Controls
779
184
Takings
779
94
Taking
780
1
Federal Constitution
780
1
Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon
780
6
Notes
786
2
Keystone Bituminous Coal Association v. DeBenedictis
788
11
Notes
799
1
State Constitution
799
1
Pratt v. State, Department of Natural Resources
799
7
Notes
806
1
Categorical Takings
807
1
Notes
808
1
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council
809
15
Notes
824
1
Exactions and Impact Fees
825
1
Dolan v. City of Tigard
826
12
Notes
838
2
Private Property
840
1
City of Oakland v. Oakland Raiders
840
5
Notes
845
1
Walker v. State
846
2
Notes
848
1
Public Purpose
849
1
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff
850
6
Notes
856
1
Karesh v. City Council of Charleston
857
3
Notes
860
1
Just Compensation
861
1
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles
862
10
Notes
872
1
Land Use Controls
873
90
Zoning Actions
873
1
Zoning
874
1
Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.
874
8
Notes
882
1
Nonconforming Use
883
1
Village of Valatie v. Smith
883
5
Notes
888
2
Zoning Amendment
890
1
City of Pharr v. Tippitt
890
5
Notes
895
1
Variance
896
1
Alumni Control Board v. City of Lincoln
896
3
Notes
899
2
Schultz v. Pritts
901
8
Notes
909
1
Modern Zoning Techniques
910
1
Rodgers v. Village of Tarrytown
911
5
Notes
916
1
Exclusionary Zoning
916
1
Federal Courts
917
1
Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation
917
9
Notes
926
1
State Courts
927
1
Britton v. Town of Chester
927
7
Notes
934
1
Residency Restrictions
935
1
Village of Belle Terre v. Boraas
936
6
Notes
942
2
Costley v. Caromin House, Inc.
944
4
Notes
948
1
Aesthetic Regulation
949
1
State ex rel. Stoyanoff v. Berkeley
950
6
Notes
956
1
Society for Ethical Culture v. Spatt
957
4
Notes
961
2
Intellectual Property
963
62
Misappropriation of Information
963
15
International News Service v. The Associated Press
963
10
Board of Trade of Chicago v. Dow Jones & Co.
973
5
Notes
978
1
Copyrights
978
11
Rockford Map Publishers, Inc. v. Directory Serv. Co.
978
4
Notes
982
3
Mid America Title Co. v. Kirk
985
3
Notes
988
1
Moral Rights of Artists
989
10
Moakley v. Eastwick
992
2
Notes
994
5
The Right to Publicity
999
18
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change v. American Heritage Products
1000
9
Notes
1009
2
Tony Stephano v. News Group Publications, Inc.
1011
6
Patents
1017
8
Rasterops v. Radius, Inc.
1018
1
Problems
1019
1
In re Cronyn
1019
4
Notes
1023
2
Table of Cases
1025
20
Index
1045