JD 660 Quiz

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The 1963 Clean Air Act was largely ignored.
Townships are numbered according to their distance from guide meridians.
The Fair Housing Act applies to ads for the sale or lease of property.
Title insurance affords coverage for forgeries on deeds.
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The EPA controls the disposal of toxic substances through a permit system.
Owners have no liability to lien holders when their contractor goes belly-up.
In a co'‘op, the unit occupants do not hold an undivided joint interest in the common
areas.
A tax sale is a final resolution of property owners' rights.
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The size of the taking controls whether there has been eminent domain.
The words of conveyance clause in a deed is referred to as the premises clause.
Under the lien theory, the mortgagor has the right to possession of the property until
there has been a foreclosure.
A co-op interest cannot be transferred.
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A tenant is not released from liability under either a sublease or an assignment.
An agent who initially shows the property is entitled to the full commission.
Those who arrange for the transport of hazardous waste cannot be held liable for
CERCLA violations.
A pastor or priest has the right to petition the court to stop life support for a parishioner.
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Alver Developers had an oral purchase agreement to buy land from Tucker Farms.
Tucker Farms permitted Alver to place a construction trailer on the land, move its
equipment onto the land, and begin excavation. Alver has begun the grading process of
the property, but Tucker Farms is backing out of the deal on the grounds that its oral
agreement was not valid. Choose one of the following to describe Alver's rights.
a. Alver has no rights because it was an oral and unenforceable contract
b. If Alver has paid some money down, he could enforce the oral agreement
c. Alver can enforce the oral agreement using the doctrine of partial performance under
the Statute of Frauds
d. Alver can enforce the oral agreement using the doctrine of partial performance under
the Statute of Frauds if he has also paid the purchase price for the land
Homer Sidway spent his last years as a lonely man. A woman who resided in the same
building invited Homer over to dinner at least twice each week and checked on him
daily for a period of five years. Sidway was said to wear the same socks each day and
dusted his furniture twice each day because of a fear he had of dust. In his will, Sidway
left all of his property to the woman in his apartment building. Homer's only heirs, a
niece and nephew, who had not seen him for ten years, contested the will on the
grounds of a lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence. What result?
"To my son A for life, then if my granddaughter, Sheila, is married, to Sheila" gives
Sheila a contingent remainder.
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Some courts have implied a duty of the part of commercial tenants to operate their
businesses.
A living will is not necessary to withdraw life support if the testator made his/her intent
clear while living.
Tom is in the hospital and is dying, having suffered a stroke that has left him partially
paralyzed. Tom's will has been prepared for him (he is of sound mind), but Tom cannot
control the movement of his hand to sign or make a mark on the will. Tom's wife guides
his hand over the paper, making an X. Is the will valid?
Taxpayers always have the right to challenge the assessed value of their property.

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