Exam 42: Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Law

Land includes the soil on the surface of the earth, but not the waters contained on it.

The condemnation power of the government to take land for a public use is known as the right of adverse possession.

Estes, the owner of Forest Mountain, and Gert, the tenant of a cabin on Estes's mountain, may create a fixed-term tenancy by

Colleen owns a house. In the house, on a tile floor is a throw rug and a heavy decorative urn. Most likely to meet the definition of a fixture is

If a lease requires the landlord's consent to an assignment, the landlord can nullify an assignment made without consent and evict the assignee.

Ellen conveys to Floyd an apartment with the right to possess and use the premises for a period of time specified in their express contract. This is

An easement is the right to go onto land owned by another and take away some part of the land itself or some product of the land.

The owner of a life estate has the same rights as a fee simple owner, including the right to sell the property or pass it to his or heirs.

A valid deed must contain words indicating an intent to convey (transfer) the property.

If the landlord sells the leased property, the tenant becomes the tenant of the new owner.

Jack owns a parcel of land. Jack tows a mobile home to the parcel and anchors it to the land near a stand of Douglas fir trees. Jack's real property consists of

Sergio rents an apartment from Taylor for a stated period of one year. The lease does not include a provision for renewal or extension. At the end of the lease term, possession of the apartment most likely

Tile and carpeting permanently attached to the floor of a house are most likely intended to be fixtures.

Kristen signs a one-year lease for a mobile home owned by Lamont. If Kristen dies during the lease term, the lease interest

Rendering the leased premises unfit for occupancy is constructive eviction.

Grey owns the surface rights for High Desert Ranch, which includes a house, a bunkhouse, and two barns. Industrial Mining Inc. owns the subsurface rights. When the company drills for and extracts the oil beneath the ranch, the surface subsides and the structures collapse. Most likely responsible for the damage is

Adverse possession is a means of obtaining title to land without delivery of a deed.

If the assignee of a lease is required to pay rent, the original tenant is free of the obligation to pay the rent.

The same restrictions that apply to an assignment of the tenant's interest in leased property apply to a sublease.

Owen owns a farm in Pennsylvania. Owen's brother Quentin owns the subsurface rights to the farm. Either brother can pass title to what he owns