
Questions for Review and Discusssion
1. Real property is the ground and everything permanently attached to it, including the airspace
2. Most of the estates that were passed on to the nobility in medieval England could last infinitely
because the nobles who held them were empowered to pass them on to their heirs. These estates were
3. Often only one person owns a tract of real estate. This type of ownership is referred to as
ownership in severalty. It is also very common, however, for two or more people to own the same tract
of land. This type of ownership is referred to as concurrent ownership, although the more common term
5. A dormant minerals statute is designed to permit the surface owner of a plot of land to recover
6. All ownership of private property is subject to the government’s superior rights if property is
needed for a public purpose. Eminent domain, also called condemnation, is the right of federal, state,
8. The five elements that are necessary for the creation of the landlord-tenant relationship are
consent of the landlord to the occupancy by the tenant, transfer of possession and control of the
9. The essential requirements of a lease are a definite agreement as to the extent and bounds of the
10. A landlord’s duties under a lease include the duty to refrain from discrimination, the duty to
maintain the premises, and the duty to deliver peaceful possession. The landlord may not commingle
security deposits and must return the balance of any security deposits to the tenant at the end of the
Cases for Analysis