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Environmental Liens And Title Insurance, Robert S. Bozarth
Environmental Liens And Title Insurance, Robert S. Bozarth
University of Richmond Law Review
Increased concern for the environment and environmental protection laws have affected title insurance. To understand this effect, it is necessary to examine our environmental problems, the environmental laws and the nature of title insurance. This article also looks at the title insurance industry's reaction to these environmental risks as compared to the reaction of the property/casualty insurance industry.
The Due-On-Sale Clause: A Marriage Gone Sour- A Checklist For The Practitioner, W. Wade Berryhill
The Due-On-Sale Clause: A Marriage Gone Sour- A Checklist For The Practitioner, W. Wade Berryhill
University of Richmond Law Review
The problem begins simply enough. Soon moving to another city a homeowner negotiates and signs a contract for the sale of his present home. The contract provides that the purchasers are to assume the current mortgage with an interest rate of 91 %. The vendor and the purchasers notify the lender of the intended sale. Despite the fact that the proposed purchasers qualify as acceptable credit-risks, the lender informs the parties that the current mort- gage contains a "due-on-sale" clause and that he intends to accelerate the due date of the mortgage unless the purchasers agree to accept an increase …
Economic Development Of Indian Lands, Roger L. Tuttle
Economic Development Of Indian Lands, Roger L. Tuttle
University of Richmond Law Review
If anything be true of the United States in the second half of the Twentieth Century, it is the rise of humanism and social consciousness on the part of most Americans. The near-universal test applied today to one's personal or group relationships is whether justice is served. The salient examples of the fruit of this concern are the achievements which have been made toward bringing "first class citizenship" to the Negro-American through school desegregation, establishment of uniform nondiscriminatory voting requirements, abolition of separate rest rooms and waiting rooms, and the opening of housing and transportation facilities equally to all. The …