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Private Easements In Public Ways, Morton G. Herman
Private Easements In Public Ways, Morton G. Herman
Washington Law Review
Two basic rights will be separately discussed in this Comment. First, the public right of user in streets dedicated for public use will be referred to as the "public easement"; and second, the private right of user created by estoppel, hereinafter called the "private easement." Although each is created in a similar manner, each propagates common as well as distinguishable property rights. In connection with the discussion of these easements, some reference will also be made to other analogous easements created by similar theories, for the purpose of furnishing background and comparison.
Toward Effective Municipal Zoning, Arval Morris
Toward Effective Municipal Zoning, Arval Morris
Washington Law Review
Zoning is a legal device which complements comprehensive planning by effectuating the plan, and is the offspring of urgent urban necessity. In its ordinance form, it constitutes an exercise of the police power and consists primarily of classification. It envisions a division of land into districts, subjecting the land in each district to different regulations concerning its use. Considerations of district boundaries and use regulations are legislative in character, lying within the wisdom of a city council. Zoning generally must reflect an appreciation of the character of the land and its structures, its uniqueness for particular uses, plus regard for …
Joint Tenancy For Washington?, Harry M. Cross
Joint Tenancy For Washington?, Harry M. Cross
Washington Law Review
Recurring proposals to make joint tenancy ownership generally available in Washington justify consideration of possible consequences of such a change from what has been the pattern of law since territorial days except for the aberration for a few years beginning in 1940. The absence of joint tenancies in general has probably put both the ordinary rules and the special complications of joint tenancy law beyond the ken of the typical Washington lawyer, hence a rudimentary summary of that law is desirable.
Easements By Way Of Necessity Across Federal Lands, Marjorie D. Rombauer
Easements By Way Of Necessity Across Federal Lands, Marjorie D. Rombauer
Washington Law Review
Is an easement across federal lands implied when the United States has granted a tract of land to which the grantee would otherwise have no practical means of access? In the recent case of Bydlon v. United States, the Court of Claims implied an affirmative answer in holding that the ancient doctrine of ways of necessity applied to Government grants to create access easements by air. The purpose of this Comment is to determine the validity of that conclusion and the extent to which it may be utilized to give life to dormant easements. Particular attention will be given to …
The Law Of Adverse Possession In Washington, William B. Stoebuck
The Law Of Adverse Possession In Washington, William B. Stoebuck
Washington Law Review
Adverse possession is an anomaly in the law in that it is a system whereby a legal right is obtained through conduct which must be wrongful. Essentially it consists of the nonpermissive occupation of another's land until a statute of limitations bars his right to recover it. Unlike the usual statute of limitations situation, in which only a remedy is barred, in adverse possession the occupant acquires an affirmative legal right, an original title in fee simple. Clearly such a strange and drastic doctrine must spring from strong necessity. Desire to reward the occupant or punish the lax owner should …