CT Bar Real Property & Land Use 2

Question 1

A deed contains a covenant that the land 'shall never be used for commercial purposes.' A successor owner opens a retail shop. Which party may enforce this restriction?

Accepted Answer

A party who can show the restriction was part of a common scheme

Answer

A restrictive covenant running with the land is enforceable by parties who can demonstrate it was part of a general plan or common scheme of development.

Question 2

Under the Connecticut recording act (race-notice statute), a subsequent purchaser is protected only if she:

Accepted Answer

Pays value and records before a prior unrecorded instrument, without notice of it

Answer

Connecticut's race-notice statute protects a subsequent bona fide purchaser who pays value, lacks notice of a prior conveyance, and records first.

Question 3

A landlord rents an apartment 'month-to-month.' To terminate the tenancy, Connecticut law requires notice of at least:

Accepted Answer

30 days

Answer

Connecticut requires at least one full rental period's notice (typically 30 days) to terminate a month-to-month tenancy.

Question 4

Which doctrine prevents a grantor who conveys property by deed from later claiming a greater estate than what was conveyed, even if the grantor subsequently acquires that greater estate?

Accepted Answer

After-acquired title

Answer

The after-acquired title (or estoppel by deed) doctrine automatically passes to the grantee any interest the grantor later acquires in the same property.

Question 5

A mortgagor in Connecticut defaults. The lender forecloses by strict foreclosure. What is the legal effect of a law day passing without redemption?

Accepted Answer

Title vests absolutely in the lender with no further action needed

Answer

In Connecticut's strict foreclosure, if the mortgagor fails to redeem by the law day set by the court, title vests absolutely in the lender.

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CT Bar Real Property & Land Use 2