Easements
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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...
...oposed event-venue truck traffic changes the result. This essay tests easements by necessity and by implication from prio...
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...
A landowner seeks damages from a successor owner for violating a recorded covenant restricting use of the successor's parcel. Which statement best describes the traditional requirements for the burden of a real covena...
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...
...atement is most accurate? The correct answer states the core rule for easements by necessity. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
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...
Developer recorded a subdivision declaration stating that all lots in Pine Ridge "shall be used for single-family residential purposes only and no commercial business shall be conducted on any lot." Each original deed...
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...
...The correct answer applies the adversity requirement for prescriptive easements. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
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...
...ions, and likely remedies. This essay tests termination doctrines for easements and limits on covenant enforcement. NCBE MEE Subject Matter...
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...
...is most accurate? The correct answer states the abandonment rule for easements. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline
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