Provides expert substantive & procedural guidance for the entire range of disputes between landowners. Covers all the real property issues arising from proximity of property to neighbors or its use by others. Deals with easements; covenants running with the land; equitable servitudes; licenses; adverse possession; trespass; mines & mining; party walls; boundary disputes; nuisance; lateral & subjacent support; petroleum exploration, production, & storage; water rights; rights to airspace; landlord-tenant issues; public lands; & more. From overhanging apple trees to the right to connect a sewage system into a septic tank--it's covered here! 2 Volumes; Looseleaf; updated annually.
CONCISE, IN-DEPTH COVERAGE OF THE COMPLEX ISSUES OF EASEMENTS AND THEIR REVERSION The definition, use, defense, and retirement of easements are areas of active work for land surveyors, lawyers, and the holders and buyers of easements, such as utility companies and highway departments. Easements Relating to Land Surveying and Title Examination is the most up-to-date reference that succinctly and incisively covers easements and reversions, written for land surveyors and title examiners. This comprehensive guide covers the various forms of easements, their creation, reversion, and termination. Its numerous case studies offer examples of situations in which easements resulted in litigation and reveal how these cases were decided by the courts. The book also includes coverage of undescribed easements and guidance on how to properly write new easement descriptions. This useful, practical handbook: Defines easements and easement terminology Covers both right-of-way and right-of-way line easements Explains the creation of easements by express grant, reservation or exception, agreement or covenant, implication, estoppel, custom, and more Explores all types of easement termination, including expiration, release, merger of title, abandonment, prescription or adverse possession, and many others Provides thorough descriptions of problem easements, from undescribed and blanket easements to hidden and rolling easements Offers extensive coverage of reversion of easements, including highway-related reversions and rules for locating and defining reversions Presents detailed information for land surveyors and title examiners on how to handle these easement issues
Utah Civil Practice guides you through every step of Utah civil litigation practice. From pretrial preparation through appeals and enforcement of judgments, you'll find the step-by-step instructions you've come to depend on for proceeding successfully at every level of the Utah civil court system. Utah Civil Practice relies specifically on Utah, not national, authority.Utah Civil Practice was originally written and updated by Professor David Thomas of Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School, an authority on Utah procedural law. Since 2017 the publication has been updated and revised annually by Patrick Tanner, Esq., of Burbidge & White in Salt Lake City.This trusted resource is completely updated each year with the most current legal developments. Utah Civil Practice provides the latest on pertinent legal authority including statutes, rules, case law, and court reorganization information.
Easy-to-read, practical best-seller on the ``what's, why's and how's'' of boundary location laws. Covers technical, legal and administrative elements. Reflects the most recent legislative changes in locating land boundaries, the courts' changing interpretation of land boundary laws, the increasing liability of the surveyor and unwritten title rights. The new edition contains increased historical coverage, replaces long legal quotes with narrative descriptions and logically distinguishes field and verbal evidence.
Your neighbors aren't moving and neither are you—you've got to make the best of the situation and this book will help. It will tell you when the law is on your side and how to deal with your neighbors without creating enemies. Neighbor Law is the most thorough resource available on how to live happily in your community.