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Real Estate Law, Richard W. Gregory, Lindsey Dobbs Chase Nov 2008

Real Estate Law, Richard W. Gregory, Lindsey Dobbs Chase

University of Richmond Law Review

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Assignment And Subletting Of Leased Premises: The Unreasonable Withholding Of Consent, Jacob L. Todres, Carl M. Lerner Jan 1977

Assignment And Subletting Of Leased Premises: The Unreasonable Withholding Of Consent, Jacob L. Todres, Carl M. Lerner

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The law generally does not favor restrictions on the alienability of property and holds that a tenant may assign or sublet a lease, unless the lease specifically provides otherwise. For instance, courts will enforce the parties' bargain, and uphold provisions in a lease that states that it is non-transferable or that it is transferable only upon the landlord's consent. However, if a lease states that the landlord will not unreasonably withhold consent to a transfer of the lease, when is a landlord's refusal to give consent unreasonable? This article examines the common law parameters of determining unreasonableness, and finds that …


Real Property-Validity Of Regulations Or Conditions Imposed Upon Subdivision Planning, Alan C. Boyd S. Ed. Apr 1951

Real Property-Validity Of Regulations Or Conditions Imposed Upon Subdivision Planning, Alan C. Boyd S. Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The plaintiff, wishing to subdivide its land fronting on Long Island Sound, submitted its plan to the town planning and zoning board whose approval was required by ordinance before land could be subdivided and sold. The board rejected plaintiff's plan as not in conformance with a preliminary town plan, adopted in 1936 pursuant to a state statute, providing for the prospective construction of a road along the shore of the sound. The plaintiff appealed to the board of zoning appeals, which affirmed the decision of the town planning and zoning board. On appeal to the Supreme Court of Errors of …


Real Property-Validity Of Regulations Or Conditions Imposed Upon Subdivision Planning, Alan C. Boyd S. Ed. Apr 1951

Real Property-Validity Of Regulations Or Conditions Imposed Upon Subdivision Planning, Alan C. Boyd S. Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The plaintiff, wishing to subdivide its land fronting on Long Island Sound, submitted its plan to the town planning and zoning board whose approval was required by ordinance before land could be subdivided and sold. The board rejected plaintiff's plan as not in conformance with a preliminary town plan, adopted in 1936 pursuant to a state statute, providing for the prospective construction of a road along the shore of the sound. The plaintiff appealed to the board of zoning appeals, which affirmed the decision of the town planning and zoning board. On appeal to the Supreme Court of Errors of …