 | University of Virginia March, 1907 |  |
9. The Law of Real Property.
Professor Minor.
The instruction in this class covers a detailed and careful study of
the subject of Real Property Law, in all its branches. The nature and
several kinds of real estate, and the various interests therein, with the
principles appertaining to each, curtesy and dower, the relations of landlord
and tenant, co-tenancies, the feudal tenures and principles, uses and
trusts, the far-reaching effects of the Statute of Uses, the conditions,
covenants, and other qualifications attached to conveyances of land, are
reviewed at length. The historical connection between ancient and modern
doctrines of conveyancing, with the statutory changes, are carefully traced.
Remainders, reversions, and executory limitations, and the principles
governing their creation, validity, and effect, together with the sources
of title to lands, whether by descent or by the manifold forms of purchase,
and the principles controlling each, the subjects of conveyances, contracts
to convey, wills of lands, adverse possession, the registry of instruments
of title, and the principles regulating the acquisition and validity of taxtitles,
are investigated in detail.
Throughout this course, emphasis is placed on common law principles,
and effort is made to give the student a clear comprehension of these,
into the modern forms they have assumed under the guiding hand of
courts and legislatures.
Several lectures are devoted to the practical drafting of deeds, contracts,
and wills, as these subjects are presented.—September 16 to March 24
—Three times a week.
Text-Books.—To be announced.
| University of Virginia March, 1907 | |