Property Law Outline

PROPERTY OUTLINE: WAGNER 2009

Adam Schwartzbaum

Two Conceptions of Property: Right to Exclude vs. Bundle of Sticks....................................................................4

Jacques v. Steenberg Homes (Sup. Ct. Wisc. 1997) trespass.....................................................................................5 Hinman v. Pacific Air Transport (9 Cir. 1936) ad coelum ........................................................................................5

The Trespass/Nuisance Divide .....................................................................................................................................5

Hendricks v. Stalnaker (Sup. Ct. Apps WV 1989) competing uses ............................................................................5

COASE: THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL COST ........................................................................................................6 Property and Equity .....................................................................................................................................................6 Repeated Trespass ........................................................................................................................................................7

Baker v. Howard County Hunt (Ct. Apps MD 1936) .................................................................................................7

Encroachments..............................................................................................................................................................8

Pile v. Pedrick (Sup. Ct. PA 1895).............................................................................................................................8 Golden Press v. Rylands (Sup. Ct. CO 1951) ............................................................................................................8

Restitution......................................................................................................................................................................8

Property rules vs liability rules: ................................................................................................................................8 Producers Lumber and Supply v. Olney Building Company (Ct. Civ. Apps TX 1960) ............................................9

Original Possession .......................................................................................................................................................9 First Possession: Wild Animals ...................................................................................................................................9

Pierson v Post (Sup. Ct. NY 1805) .............................................................................................................................9 Ghen v. Rich (Dist. Ct. MA 1881) ..............................................................................................................................9 Keeble v. Hickeringill (Queens Bench, 1707) constructive possession ..................................................................10

First Possession: Open Access and the Commons ...................................................................................................10

Eads v. Brazelton (Sup. Ct. AK 1861) due diligence toward possession .................................................................11 Popov v. Hayashi (Sup. Ct. San Fransisco 2002) ....................................................................................................11

Creation .......................................................................................................................................................................12

International News Service v. Associated Press (US 1918).....................................................................................12 Midler v. Ford Motor Co. (9 Cir. 1988) right of publicity ......................................................................................12 Trenton Industries v. A.E. Peterson Manufacturing Co. (D. Ct. S. CA 1958) patents ............................................12

Accession......................................................................................................................................................................13

Wetherbee v. Green (Sup. Ct. Michigan 1871) barrel hoops ..................................................................................13 Edwards v. Sims (Ct. Apps. KY 1929)......................................................................................................................13

Accretion......................................................................................................................................................................14

Nebraska v. Iowa (US 1892) ....................................................................................................................................14

Fixtures ........................................................................................................................................................................14

Strain v. Green (Sup. Ct. WA 1946) .........................................................................................................................14

Adverse Possession......................................................................................................................................................14

Lessee of Ewing v. Burnett (1837) ...........................................................................................................................15 Carpenter v. Ruperto (Sup. Ct. Iowa 1982) .............................................................................................................15 Howard v. Kunto (Ct. Apps. WA...

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