Adverse Possession of an Easement: Mistakes, Gates, and Fences
Just as fee title to real property can be lost by adverse possession, the same is true with easements. In a recent opinion from California’s Sixth…
Just as fee title to real property can be lost by adverse possession, the same is true with easements. In a recent opinion from California’s Sixth…
It is well understood that under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, a bankruptcy filing triggers an “automatic stay” preventing creditors from taking any act to…
Under California law, “bona fide purchasers” who buy property with no notice (actual, constructive, or otherwise) of a competing claim to the property are generally protected. …
Here is a list of California’s appellate cases from 2016 in the eminent domain and inverse condemnation arenas that caught our attention: Property Reserve, Inc. v.…
Here is a look back at some of the top real estate and secured lending developments from 2016 covered here at Money and Dirt: The California…
In a case reviewed last year, Salazar v. Thomas, a California Court of Appeal weighed in on how the statute of limitations applies to quiet title…
In a prior post, Implied Dedication of Private Property to the Public: the Law is Unsettled, we saw that California courts have struggled with the interpretation…
We’ll end 2015 with a quick look back at some of the important developments in California real estate and secured lending law covered in this blog,…
Does a condemnation proceeding resulting in the physical separation of property into separate parts accomplish a “division” of property within the meaning of California’s Subdivision Map…
Let’s say you own private property including a roadway that connects to public streets on either end. The public has, for a couple of decades, used your…