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Vlases, a coal miner who had always raised small flocks of chickens, spent two years building a new two-story chicken coop large enough to house 4,000 chickens. After its completion, he purchased 2,20...
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The Gerwitz family resides on a piece of land known as Lot 24 of the Belleville tract, which they acquired by deed in 1995. Shortly thereafter, the Gerwitzes began to use the adjacent vacant Lot 25. A...
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Leo owned a one-story, one-family dwelling in a single-family residential zoning district in Detroit. He attempted to sell the house with its adjoining lot for $138,500. Houses in the neighborhood gen...
See AnswerQ: The Glendale Church purchased a 21-acre parcel of land in
The Glendale Church purchased a 21-acre parcel of land in a canyon along the banks of Mill Creek in Angeles National Forest. The church used the 12 flat acres next to the stream to operate a campgroun...
See AnswerQ: Robert V. Gross owned certain land on which he proposed to
Robert V. Gross owned certain land on which he proposed to construct an eighty-three-unit apartment house. The land, however, was subject to a restriction imposed by a 1972 deed to a predecessor in ti...
See AnswerQ: Sam and Eleanor Gaito purchased a home from Howard Frank Auman,
Sam and Eleanor Gaito purchased a home from Howard Frank Auman, Jr., in the spring of 2013. Auman had completed the construction of the house in November 2008. In the interim, three different parties...
See AnswerQ: In 1972, South Carolina enacted a Coastal Zone Management Act requiring
In 1972, South Carolina enacted a Coastal Zone Management Act requiring any person using land in a “critical area” to obtain a permit for any uses other than those to which the critical area was devot...
See AnswerQ: Arkin, the owner of Redacre, executed a real estate mortgage
Arkin, the owner of Redacre, executed a real estate mortgage to the Shawnee Bank and Trust Company for $100,000. After the mortgage was executed and recorded, Arkin constructed a dwelling on the premi...
See AnswerQ: Robert and Stanley held legal title of record to adjacent tracts of
Robert and Stanley held legal title of record to adjacent tracts of land, each consisting of a number of five acres. Stanley fenced his five acres in 1985, placing his east fence 15 feet onto Robert’s...
See AnswerQ: Marcia executed a mortgage of Blackacre to secure her indebtedness to Ajax
Marcia executed a mortgage of Blackacre to secure her indebtedness to Ajax Savings and Loan Association in the amount of $125,000. Later, Marcia sold Blackacre to Morton. The deed contained the follow...
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