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I. Transfers of Land: A. The Land Transaction: Contracts of Sale, Deeds, Mortgages, and Financing

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Property II Law Outline | Haifa Nesheiwat

I. Transfers of Land
A. The Land Transaction: Contracts of Sale, Deeds, Mortgages, and Financing
1. The Contract of Sale
a. The Statute of Frauds (Hickey)
b. Marketable (or Default) Title (Lohmeyer)
c. The Duty to Disclose Defects (Stambovsky, Johnson)
d. Breach of the Sales Contract
2. The Deed
a. Warranties of Title (Rockafellor)
b. Delivery (Rosengrant)
3. Mortgages (Murphy)
B. Land Transactions: Title Assurance
1. The Recording System
a. Types of Indexes (Luthi, Orr)
b. Types of Recording Acts (Messersmith)
c. Chain of Title Problems (Hughes)
d. Inquiry Notice (Harper, Waldorff)

II. Land Use Controls


A. Private Land Use Controls: The Law of Servitudes
1. Easements
a. Creation and Types of Easements
(1) Express (Willard)
(2) Implied
(a) Estoppel
(b) Prescription
(c) Prior Use (Van Sandt)
(d) Necessity (Othen)
b. Assignability and Scope of Easements (Brown)
c. Termination of Easements
2. Covenants Running With the Land
a. Covenants Enforceable At Law: Real Covenants
b. Covenants Enforceable In Equity: Equitable Servitudes
c. Creation of Covenants (Sanborn, Neponsit)
d. Scope of Covenants (Shelly)
e. Termination of Covenants (Western Land, Pocono Springs)
f. Common Interest Communities (Nahrstedt)

B. Legislative Land Use Controls


1. Zoning
a. Introduction: History, Fundamentals
b. Nonconforming Uses (PA Northwestern)
c. Vested Rights
Property II Law Outline | Haifa Nesheiwat

d. Variances (Commons)
e. Conditional Use Permits (or Special Exceptions) (Cope)
2. Eminent Domain
a. The Power of Eminent Domain
b. Public Use (Kelo)
c. Just Compensation
3. Inverse Condemnation
a. Categorical Rules
(1) Permanent Physical Occupation (Loretto)
(2) Nuisance Control? (Hadacheck)
b. Balancing Rules
(1) Diminution in Value (Penn. Coal, Penn Central)
(2) Reciprocity of Advantage
(3) Investment-Backed Expectations
c. Modification of Earlier Rules
d. Remedies
e. Rules for Exactions (Koontz)

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