problem 7b: mangos
DESCRIPTION
PROBLEM 7B: MANGOS. For Mike: Sonderling; Blankstein; J.Mason For Debbie: Hutzler; Milson; Tanner Judges: Gottlieb; Leibowitz; Sarinsky Reserves: Dryer; Laufer; Salsburg; Tano MUSIC: Billy Joel, The Stranger (1977). Problem 7B. Mike gets poor TV reception b/c of valley location - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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PROBLEM 7B: MANGOS
For Mike: Sonderling; Blankstein; J.Mason
For Debbie: Hutzler; Milson; Tanner
Judges: Gottlieb; Leibowitz; Sarinsky
Reserves: Dryer; Laufer; Salsburg; Tano
MUSIC: Billy Joel, The Stranger (1977)
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Problem 7B• Mike gets poor TV reception b/c of valley location• Debbie owns neighboring ranch above M’s land• 1962 Agreement: “[Owner of M’s land] may place
and maintain an antenna onto [Debbie’s] barn and run wires from the antenna to [M’s land] to allow television reception for that property.”
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Problem 7B• 1962 Agreement: “[Owner of M’s land] may place and
maintain an antenna onto [Debbie’s] barn and run wires from the antenna to [M’s land] to allow television reception for that property.”
• Antenna installed; reception still not good; cable unavailable
• 2007: M wants to put a satellite dish where antenna is now, but D objects.
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Arguments from Marcus Cable?• 1962 Agreement: “[Owner of M’s land] may
place and maintain an antenna onto [Debbie’s] barn and run wires from the antenna to [M’s land] to allow television reception for that property.”
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Arguments from Chevy Chase?
• 1962 Agreement: “[Owner of M’s land] may place and maintain an antenna onto [Debbie’s] barn and run wires from the antenna to [M’s land] to allow television reception for that property.”
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PROBLEM 7B: POLICY Q
• What to do if increase in burden is negligible but not withing literal language of grant?
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTION
featuring
FICUS
continued
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTION
115. To what extent do the following rationales for adverse possession also support the doctrine of Prescriptive Easements?
(a) reward beneficial use of land
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTION
115. To what extent do the following rationales for adverse possession also support the doctrine of Prescriptive Easements?
(b) punish sleeping owners
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTION
115. To what extent do the following rationales for adverse possession also support the doctrine of Prescriptive Easements?
(c) recognize psychic connection to land
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTION
115. To what extent do the following rationales for adverse possession also support the doctrine of Prescriptive Easements?
(d) protect people and legal system from being burdened with “stale” claims
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTION
Continuous UseOpen & Notorious
[Exclusive]
Adverse/Hostile
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTIONELEMENTS: CONTINUOUS
1. Evidence in Macdonald?
2. Evidence in Lyons?
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTIONELEMENTS: CONTINUOUS
Note that can be seasonal use like Adverse Possession (Ray)
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTION
Continuous Use
Open & Notorious[Exclusive]
Adverse/Hostile
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTIONELEMENTS: OPEN & NOTORIOUS
DQ117. Evidence of “open and notorious”:
• MacDonald actual notice; other states do not. Is it a good idea to do so?
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTIONELEMENTS: OPEN & NOTORIOUS
DQ117. Evidence of “open and notorious”:
• Can a claim of prescriptive easement with regard to underground utilities like sewer pipes ever be open and notorious?
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTION
Continuous Use
Open & Notorious
[Exclusive]Adverse/Hostile
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTIONELEMENTS: EXCLUSIVE
• Many Jurisdictions Don’t Require (Nature of Easement is Non-Exclusive Use)
• Some: Means Exclusive of Everyone but Owner• Some (TX): Shared w Owner Presumption of
Permissive
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTION
Continuous Use
Open & Notorious
[Exclusive]
Adverse/Hostile
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTIONELEMENTS: ADVERSITY
Note 2: What is the significance of the following presumptions?
1. Continuous use for AP Period presumed adverse (MacDonald)
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTIONELEMENTS: ADVERSITY
Note 2: What is the significance of the following presumptions?
1. Continuous use for AP Period presumed adverse (MacDonald). How do you disprove?
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTIONELEMENTS: ADVERSITY
Note 2: What is the significance of the following presumptions?
2. Public recreational use presumed permissive (Lyons)
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTIONELEMENTS: ADVERSITY
Note 2: What is the significance of the following presumptions?
2. Public recreational use presumed permissive (Lyons) v. Undeveloped land presumed permissive (Lyons Dissent)
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTIONELEMENTS: ADVERSITY
Note 2: What is the significance of the following presumptions?
3. Shared use with the owner (e.g., of a driveway) presumed permissive (Texas)
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTIONELEMENTS: ADVERSITY
Presumptions frequently decide cases because hard to disprove.
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTIONELEMENTS: ADVERSITY
Policy Q: What do you do with case like MacDonald or Dupont where use continues for a long time and then servient owner says no? (plausible to say permissive)
Could create hybrid of prescription & estoppel: if use goes on long enough, can’t change your mind.
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTION:POLICY QUESTIONS
DQ118. “The best justifications for granting an implied easement are reliance and need. Thus, if claimants cannot meet the elements of an Easement by Estoppel or of an Easement by Necessity, they should not be able to get a Prescriptive Easement unless they pay market value for it.” Do you agree?
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EASEMENTS BY PRESCRIPTION:POLICY QUESTIONS
Note 6: Should there be prescriptive rights to commit nuisance? (Any reason not to let statute of limitations operate as it does for trespass?)
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NOTICE & THE NOTICE & THE RECORDING RECORDING
SYSTEMSYSTEM
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NOTICE (of Conflicting Property Rights)
• Actual Notice: Fact Question
• Constructive Notice: Generally Legal Q– Record Notice (from public records)– Inquiry Notice (facts suggesting
conflicting interest)
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Operation of the Recording System• Every jurisd. in US has recording office• If a real property interest is transferred, normally
record document– Deeds, Mortgages, Easements– Court judgments; lis pendens etc.
• Clerks of court: blind recipients w date stamps• County keeps documents & notes in indexes
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Purposes of Recording System• Provides public record of land titles: gov’t knows
who is responsible• Secures copies of important documents• Provides notice to subsequent buyers
– Can see chain of title of seller– Can see non-ownership interests (e.g., easements,
other servitudes)
– Gives grantees incentive to record
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Recording Acts: Problem Addressed
• Transfer of Interest in Same Property to Two Different Grantees(OA, OB)– Can be resale of whole parcel– More frequently, transfer of partial interest (e.g.,
easement or mineral rights) that conflicts with later transfer of complete interest
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Recording Acts: Problem Addressed
• Transfer of Interest in Same Property to Two Different Grantees(OA, OB)
• O liable for fraud or breach of warranty– A v. B: who gets lawsuit & who gets ppty rt?– Common law answer: 1st in time = 1st in Right
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Recording Acts: Operation
• Recording has no effect on rights of parties to original transaction as betw. themselves: – Unrecorded OA deed still valid– O can’t defend suit by A by saying “unrecorded”
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Recording Acts: Operation• Recording has no effect on rights of parties to
original transaction as betw. themselves: • Protects buyers who record against other
transferees – Often yields different results than 1st in time– Most jurisdictions protect later BFP for value against
unrecorded interests
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BFP for VALUE: Definitions
Bona Fide Purchaser = good faith• No notice of prior transaction• Status is specific to one prior transaction• Can only be true of later player
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BFP for VALUE: Definitions
Bona Fide Purchaser = good faith
What is value? (jurisdiction specific)• donees, heirs, devisees usually not prot’d • split re amount of consideration needed