Benefit Required For Easement
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Subject distribution
- Real Property1
Example wrong choices
22100_vineyard_cartpath · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice AYes, because Philip relied on Stephen's assertion when he bought the vineyard.
Why it's attractive
Reaches the right outcome but for a non-operative reason; reliance only matters if the easement had ended, and it did not.
Why it's wrong
Reaches the right outcome but for a non-operative reason; reliance only matters if the easement had ended, and it did not.
22100_vineyard_cartpath · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice BNo, because the easement was revocable at the will of the grantor.
Why it's attractive
States the easement is revocable at will, which is the defining feature of a license, not an easement.
Why it's wrong
States the easement is revocable at will, which is the defining feature of a license, not an easement.
22100_vineyard_cartpath · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice DNo, because there is no indication that Naomi received any benefit from the sale.
Why it's attractive
Conditions the easement's survival on the servient owner profiting from the sale — a requirement no rule imposes.
Why it's wrong
Conditions the easement's survival on the servient owner profiting from the sale — a requirement no rule imposes.
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