Please help with real estate questions. 2) A dominant estate A) is more valuable
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Question
Please help with real estate questions.
2) A dominant estate
A) is more valuable than a servient estate.
B) has the right to build as high as its owner wants.
C) has to compensate the servient estate.
D) can impose an easement on a servient estate.
3) An easement
A) can never disappear.
B) is more prevalent in large cities.
C) is created by contract.
D) can be limited in terms of time and location.
4) Which of the following statements about adverse possession is false?
A) The length of time needed to convert to a freehold estate differs from state to state.
B) It is a limited estate.
C) In order for it to be converted to a freehold estate one needs to be very open and public.
D) It is an example of an externality.
Explanation / Answer
2) A dominant estate
D) can impose an easement on a servient estate.
Note : A dominant estate is the parcel of real property that has an easement over servient estate
3) An easement
C) is created by contract.
Note : Easements are most often created by express language in binding documents i.e contract
4) Which of the following statements about adverse possession is false?
C) In order for it to be converted to a freehold estate one needs to be very open and public.
Note : Adverse possession requires factual possession of the land, with the necessary intention to possess and without the owner’s consent, hence it is not open