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An Outline of Property Law
Yin HuangMay 1, 2010
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Contents
1 Overview of Property Rights 6
1.1 Jacque v. Steenberg Homes, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 Hinman v. Pacific Air Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.3 Hendricks v. Stalnaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.4 Baker v. Howard County Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.5 Pile v. Pedrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.6 Golden Press, Inc. v. Rylands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.7 Producers Lumber & Supply Co. v. Olney Building Co. . . . . 12
2 Original Ownership 14
2.1 Pierson v. Post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.2 Ghen v. Rich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.3 Keeble v. Hickeringill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.4 Eads v. Brazelton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.5 Johnson v. M’Intosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.6 International News Service v. Associated Press . . . . . . . . . 202.7 Midler v. Ford Motor Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.8 Wetherbee v. Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.9 Edwards v. Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.10 Nebraska v. Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.11 Strain v. Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3 Adverse Possession 26
3.1 Lessee of Ewing v. Burnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.2 Carpenter v. Ruperto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.3 Howard v. Kunto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.4 Songbyrd, Inc. v. Estate of Grossman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4 Competing Titles 30
4.1 Armory v. Delamirie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.2 Clark v. Maloney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.3 Anderson v. Gouldberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.4 Fisher v. Steward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.5 Goddard v. Winchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.6 Hannah v. Peel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
 
5 Personhood in Relation to Property 36
5.1 Newman v. Sathyavaglswaran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.2 Moore v. Regents of the University of California . . . . . . . . 375.3 Hecht v. Superior Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6 Moral Rights 40
6.1 Moakley v. Eastwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.2 United States v. Corrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7 Public Resources 42
7.1 Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Illinois . . . . . . . . . . 427.2 State of Oregon ex rel. Thorton v. Hay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437.3 Lake Michigan Federation v. United States Army Corps of Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.4 Evans v. Merriweather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.5 Coffin v. The Left Hand Ditch Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.6 Higday v. Nickolaus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.7 Tribune Co. v. Oak Leaves Broadcasting Station, Inc. . . . . . 487.8 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Doughney . . 50
8 Limits on Owner Sovereignty 51
8.1 Shelley v. Kraemer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518.2 Attorney General v. Desilets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
9 Licenses, Grants, and Bailments 53
9.1 Marrone v. Washington Jockey Club of the District of Columbia 539.2 Hurst v. Picture Theatres, Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549.3 ProCD, Inc. v. Zeidenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559.4 Allen v. Hyatt Regency–Nashville Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
10 Transfers of Property 58
10.1 Pocono Springs Civic Association, Inc. v. MacKenzie . . . . . 5810.2 Eyerman v. Mercantile Trust Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5910.3 Lauderbaugh v. Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6010.4 Irons v. Smallpiece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6110.5 Foster v. Reiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
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