Covenants
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A recorded deed grants "to the owner of Lot 2 and that owner's successors a perpetual right of way over the driveway...
A recorded deed grants "to the owner of Lot 2 and that owner's successors a perpetual right of way over the driveway on Lot 1 for access to the public road." Lot 1 is later sold to a buyer who objects to Lot 2's use o...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
A subdivision declaration recorded by the developer restricts all lots to residential use. A later buyer with record...
A subdivision declaration recorded by the developer restricts all lots to residential use. A later buyer with record notice begins operating a commercial event venue on a lot. A neighbor seeks an injunction. Which rul...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
Seller owned Hill Parcel and Meadow Parcel as one tract. For 15 years, Seller used a visible gravel road across Hill...
Seller owned Hill Parcel and Meadow Parcel as one tract. For 15 years, Seller used a visible gravel road across Hill Parcel to reach a barn on Meadow Parcel and used an underground water line running under Hill Parcel...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Common law real-property principles
A landowner seeks damages from a successor owner for violating a recorded covenant restricting use of the successor's...
...ct answer states the traditional burden-running requirements for real covenants. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
A landowner sells the back half of a tract. The deed says nothing about access. At the time of the sale, the back hal...
A landowner sells the back half of a tract. The deed says nothing about access. At the time of the sale, the back half is completely surrounded by the seller's remaining land and cliffs and has no access to a public r...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
A recorded easement benefits Parcel A and burdens Parcel B. Which event would ordinarily terminate the easement by me...
A recorded easement benefits Parcel A and burdens Parcel B. Which event would ordinarily terminate the easement by merger? The correct answer states the merger doctrine for easement termination. NCBE MEE Subject Matte...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
An easement gives Lot 2 a right of way over Lot 1. The owner of Lot 2 later buys adjoining Lot 3 and begins using the...
An easement gives Lot 2 a right of way over Lot 1. The owner of Lot 2 later buys adjoining Lot 3 and begins using the right of way to reach Lot 3. What is the likely result? The correct answer states the rule against...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
Before selling the rear parcel of a single tract, the owner had long used a visible paved driveway across the front p...
Before selling the rear parcel of a single tract, the owner had long used a visible paved driveway across the front parcel to reach a garage on the rear parcel. The deed to the rear parcel is silent about access. Whic...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
Developer recorded a subdivision declaration stating that all lots in Pine Ridge "shall be used for single-family res...
...ls are still residential use. Discuss Neighbor's claims. Address real covenants, equitable servitudes, common scheme, notice, remedies, and Buyer's argument about short-term rentals. This essay tests running covenants, e...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Common law real-property principles
For 18 years, Lakeowner allowed people in the neighborhood to walk across a footpath on Lakeowner's land to reach a p...
For 18 years, Lakeowner allowed people in the neighborhood to walk across a footpath on Lakeowner's land to reach a public lakeshore. Lakeowner posted a sign at the path entrance stating, "Neighbors may use this path...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Common law real-property principles
For 20 years, neighbors used a footpath across Owner's land during daylight. Owner had posted a sign stating, "Neighb...
For 20 years, neighbors used a footpath across Owner's land during daylight. Owner had posted a sign stating, "Neighbors may use this path during daylight hours." In a jurisdiction with a 15-year prescriptive period,...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
Owner orally tells Neighbor, "You may keep your canoe at my dock if you repair the dock." Neighbor spends $4,000 repa...
Owner orally tells Neighbor, "You may keep your canoe at my dock if you repair the dock." Neighbor spends $4,000 repairing the dock. Which statement is most accurate? The correct answer distinguishes a license from an...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
Owner owned two adjoining rural parcels: Frontacre, which bordered a public road, and Backacre, which had no road fro...
Owner owned two adjoining rural parcels: Frontacre, which bordered a public road, and Backacre, which had no road frontage. Owner conveyed Frontacre to Farmer by a deed stating, "Grantor reserves for the benefit of Ba...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Common law real-property principles
Parcel A benefits from a recorded easement allowing use of a private road across Parcel B. The owners of Parcel A sto...
Parcel A benefits from a recorded easement allowing use of a private road across Parcel B. The owners of Parcel A stopped using the road for 12 years after the county built a public road on the other side of Parcel A....
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Common law real-property principles
The owner of a dominant parcel has not used a recorded road easement for 12 years because a public road became availa...
The owner of a dominant parcel has not used a recorded road easement for 12 years because a public road became available. No written release was signed. Which statement is most accurate? The correct answer states the...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
A tenant stopped paying rent after defects persisted and the landlord changed the locks. One argument was preserved,...
...lord-tenant rights depend on lease formation, delivery of possession, covenants, habitability, assignment or sublease, eviction, and remedies. Identify the leasehold, covenant, breach, notice, possession, and available t...
Citations: Landlord-tenant doctrine
Seller conveyed Blueacre to Buyer by general warranty deed. The deed described Blueacre as 100 acres. At the time of...
...se its easement across Blueacre. Buyer sued Seller for breach of deed covenants. Seller argues that Buyer should have found the recorded easement and mortgage before closing and that no covenant was breached until someon...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Common law real-property principles
A borrower is current on monthly payments but fails to provide required quarterly financial statements and falls belo...
...cure. Which statement is most accurate? The question tests financial covenants as default triggers. UCC 9-601, UCC 1-304
Citations: UCC 9-601, UCC 1-304
A secured equipment loan requires the debtor to keep the equipment insured and states that failure to do so is an eve...
...ch statement is most accurate? The question tests nonmonetary default covenants. UCC 9-601
Citations: UCC 9-601
A security agreement states that default occurs if the debtor sells equipment outside the ordinary course or moves co...
...is most accurate? The question tests collateral transfer and location covenants as default triggers. UCC 9-601
Citations: UCC 9-601
A tenant stopped paying rent after defects persisted and the landlord changed the locks. A party invokes an equitable...
...lord-tenant rights depend on lease formation, delivery of possession, covenants, habitability, assignment or sublease, eviction, and remedies. Identify the leasehold, covenant, breach, notice, possession, and available t...
Citations: Landlord-tenant doctrine
A tenant stopped paying rent after defects persisted and the landlord changed the locks. Another actor changed positi...
...lord-tenant rights depend on lease formation, delivery of possession, covenants, habitability, assignment or sublease, eviction, and remedies. Identify the leasehold, covenant, breach, notice, possession, and available t...
Citations: Landlord-tenant doctrine