WV Bar Real Property

Question 1

Under the common law, which future interest is retained by the grantor when conveying a fee simple determinable?

Accepted Answer

Possibility of reverter

Answer

Right of entry

Answer

Reversion

Answer

Remainder

Question 2

A deed conveying land 'to A and the heirs of her body' creates which type of estate under common law?

Accepted Answer

Fee tail

Answer

Fee simple absolute

Answer

Life estate

Answer

Fee simple determinable

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for adverse possession in West Virginia?

Accepted Answer

Payment of property taxes

Answer

Actual possession

Answer

Open and notorious

Answer

Hostile and under claim of right

Question 4

Under the recording act in West Virginia, which type of act protects a subsequent purchaser who records first without notice of a prior unrecorded conveyance?

Accepted Answer

Race-notice statute

Answer

Pure race statute

Answer

Notice statute

Answer

Shelter rule statute

Question 5

A landlord leases property to a tenant for one year. The tenant remains in possession after the lease expires and pays rent for another month, which the landlord accepts. What tenancy is created?

Accepted Answer

Periodic tenancy

Answer

Tenancy at sufferance

Answer

Tenancy at will

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Term of years tenancy

Question 6

Which doctrine allows a court to reform a deed when both parties to a transaction made a mutual mistake about the terms?

Accepted Answer

Reformation

Answer

Merger doctrine

Answer

Equitable conversion

Answer

Estoppel by deed

Question 7

Under the Statute of Frauds, which of the following agreements for the sale of real property does NOT need to be in writing to be enforceable?

Accepted Answer

A short-term lease for less than one year

Answer

A two-year lease agreement

Answer

A contract to purchase a home

Answer

A deed of conveyance