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Cooperative Apartments: A Survey Of Legal Treatment And An Argument For Homestead Protection, Carolyn S. Bratt Jan 1978

Cooperative Apartments: A Survey Of Legal Treatment And An Argument For Homestead Protection, Carolyn S. Bratt

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

“The homestead may be a splendid mansion, a cabin or a tent,” but can it be a cooperative apartment? The supreme courts of both Florida and Georgia recently have answered this question in the negative. The Florida Supreme Court denied to a widow a homestead exemption in her deceased husband's cooperative apartment, ruling that a cooperator has no proprietary interest in the apartment, the building, or the land on which the building is situated. The Georgia Supreme Court denied a homestead tax exemption to cooperators because they lacked the characteristics of ownership needed to bring them within the constitutional exemption …


Tenant Remedies For A Denial Of Essential Services And For Harassment -The New York Approach Jan 1972

Tenant Remedies For A Denial Of Essential Services And For Harassment -The New York Approach

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The New York Legislature has enacted a series of statutory remedies intended to afford tenants protection when a landlord fails to provide adequate services. The Legislature has been faced, however, with the problem of finding a proper balance between the property rights of the landlord and the human rights of the tenant. As a result, each of these remedies has severe shortcomings which render its operation difficult and at times virtually impossible.


The Real Party In Interest Statute In Missouri, George L. Clark Jun 1914

The Real Party In Interest Statute In Missouri, George L. Clark

University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series

The real party in interest statute was passed in Missouri in 1849 as a part of the practice act. Before that date two other statutes dealing with the question of parties plaintiff had been passed: a statute abolishing the straw plaintiff in actions of ejectment, and a statute providing that the assignee of a bond or note might sue in his own name. These statutes will be considered first.