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Just cause eviction, also known as good cause eviction, describes laws that aim to provide tenants protection from unreasonable evictions, rent hikes, and non-renewal of lease agreements. These laws allow tenants to challenge evictions in court that are not for "legitimate" reasons. [ 1 ]
The doctrine applies when a landlord of real property has acted in a way that renders the property uninhabitable. Constructive Eviction does not have to be intentional by the landlord, and acts can range from failure to remove pests or fix necessary appliances, to changing locks or creating a hostile environment.
The owner's deed conveyed the surface but in express terms reserved the right to remove all the coal. The state and the surface landowners argued that the right to cause surface collapse was not property. [1] The deed provided that the grantee takes the premises with that risk and waives all claim for damages that may arise from mining out the ...
Under the common law, real estate can be jointly owned at a given time. [16] In most states, in a tenancy in common, co-tenants each have a theoretical right to possess the whole property. [16] Co-tenants must also share rents received from third-parties, as well as upkeep expenses and taxes. [16]
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Inverse condemnation is a legal concept and cause of action used by property owners when a governmental entity takes an action which damages or decreases the value of private property without obtaining ownership of the property through the use of eminent domain. Thus, unlike the typical eminent domain case, the property owner is the plaintiff ...
To be effective the restraint must be reasonable and the restraint must be the same as a real covenant or equitable servitude. There are six factors to determine if a restraint on alienation is reasonable: Type of price (fixed or not fixed; courts prefer non-fixed) Purpose: Is it a legitimate purpose, or not? (courts prefer legitimate)
Real estate agents -- who have never curried high favor on anyone's consumers' perception poll -- are embracing the concept of social cause marketing. Giving back to the community makes sense ...