Property Law Flashcards
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Under Louisiana Civil Code, which of the following is a component part of a tract of land?
Answer: A building permanently constructed on the land by the landowner
La. C.C. art. 462-463 provides that things permanently incorporated into land, such as buildings belonging to the landowner, are component parts of the tract.
In Louisiana, 'fruits' of property are best defined as:
Answer: Revenues and products derived from a thing without diminishing its substance
La. C.C. art. 551 defines fruits as revenues or products derived from a thing that do not diminish its substance, such as rents or natural harvests.
Under Louisiana law, co-ownership of immovable property gives each co-owner:
Answer: An undivided interest in the whole property
La. C.C. art. 797 provides that ownership shared by two or more persons is co-ownership, each holding an undivided share in the whole.
A Louisiana landowner discovers a neighbor's fence encroaches 2 feet onto his property. The most appropriate Civil Code remedy is to:
Answer: File a boundary action to fix the boundary and demand removal of the encroachment
La. C.C. arts. 784-796 provide boundary actions allowing an owner to demand judicial fixing of the boundary and removal of any encroachment.
Under Louisiana law, a person who acquires immovable property by inheritance:
Answer: Acquires ownership at the moment of the decedent's death
La. C.C. art. 940 provides that universal successors acquire ownership of the estate from the moment of the decedent's death by operation of law.
Which of the following is classified as a movable under Louisiana law?
Answer: An automobile
La. C.C. art. 471 classifies corporeal movables as things that can be moved from place to place without altering their nature, such as automobiles.
Under Louisiana Civil Code Article 490, ownership of a tract of land extends:
Answer: Above and below the surface within the limits fixed by law
La. C.C. art. 490 provides that land ownership carries with it ownership of everything directly above or below the surface within the limits fixed by law.
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