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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 tax-titles,
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, by
tracing them to their feudal or other sources, and by following them 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 14 to March
25—Three times a week.
Text-Books.—To be announced.
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