Unpaid Utilities; Who Pays?
Upon purchase or sale of real property, the issue of liability arises for past due water and sewer charges, not paid by the previous occupant or owner. Query: Where the previous owner or occupant failed to pay water and sewer …
Transfers of Residential Real Estate; Residential Property Disclosure Form
The rights of the insured and the duty of insurers frequently present difficult problems of interpretation and application for the parties. One recent case considered many of these basic concepts and provided clarification of the laws and doctrines applicable to …
Insurance; Insurer and Insured; Laws and Doctrines Applicable
The rights of the insured and the duty of insurers frequently present difficult problems of interpretation and application for the parties. One recent case considered many of these basic concepts and provided clarification of the laws and doctrines applicable to …
Effective Management of Building and Renovation Costs, Quality, and Time
Building and renovation projects frequently involve three basic human elements, namely: time, emotion and money. Effective business management of costs, quality and time constraints on building and renovation projects however, also requires attention, experience and professional construction skills, to assure …
Debt Collection; Judgments
The successful conclusion of a contested collection trial may not always result in actual collection of the debt. Collection of debts after judgment, from the judgment debtor, may require additional legal proceedings by the judgment creditor. Query: Once a judgment …
Chattel or Fixture?
Query: When does a chattel become a fixture to real estate? Answer: A combination of certain legal tests, based upon or growing out of the relationship between the chattel and the real estate have been defined by the courts to …
Public Taking of Real Property Compensable
The laws of real property zealously guard the rights of ownership in real property, commonly referred to as “real estate”. The Bundle of Rights attendant to such ownership, guarantee each owner of real property the absolute right to lawfully: sell, …