Concept explainers
(a)
Case summary: Person AM built a garage on her property that encroached the property of her neighbor by fourteen feet. Person BH who is the neighbor of person AM knew about the encroachment but did not transfer the ownership right to person AM. A survey that was conducted around twenty-eight years later confirmed the encroachment. AM requested the court to transfer the ownership of property by adverse possession.
To find:The claim of person AM on the property by adverse possession.
Case summary: Person AM built a garage on her property that encroached the property of her neighbor by fourteen feet. Person BH who is the neighbor of person AM knew about the encroachment but did not transfer the ownership right to AM. A survey that was conducted around twenty-eight years later confirmed the encroachment. AM requested the court to transfer the ownership of property by adverse possession.
To find: The open occupation use of the property will favor person AM.
(b)
Case summary: Person AM built a garage on her property that encroached the property of her neighbor by fourteen feet. Person BH who is the neighbor of person AM knew about the encroachment but did not transfer the ownership right to AM. A survey that was conducted around twenty-eight years later confirmed the encroachment. AM requested the court to transfer the ownership of property by adverse possession.
To find: The conduct of person AM was unethical.
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The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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