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Mountain Property Case

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Property
Whenever we mention the word property in conversation one automatically thinks about physical items such as land, cars and houses. Reed (2014) suggests that, “property is not just an object or thing, nor resource but a right that relates people to each other in regard to limited resources.”
Mountain Property
The legal issue present in this case is joint tenancy with right of survivorship. Ownership of land can be held by multiple people, as well as by business groups. This case involves four friends that had a shared property together. However when all but one passed away; the remaining interest now belonged to the surviving owner, Martin. However, Martin did not realize that one of the owners put their son as the recipient of the remaining interest on the property their will. So, when Martin visited the property for the first time in 20 years, the property had been foreclosed on and owned by someone else. Whenever there are multiple …show more content…

City of Detroit and the Detroit Economic Development Corporation. Referencing that case, the plaintiffs did not want their community destroyed, so they sued the city on the ground that they were attempting to abuse their power of eminent domain to unconstitutionally take private property for a private use. This case relates to Martin in that the city economic development planned to tear down his beach home and surrounding communities to build a resort acquired by the city, but could potentially be conveyed by private owners for the Tar Hill Family Resort. Unfortunate for Martin, the city can stand on the grounds of “public use” in this case for their taking of private property. If there is no substantiating evidence to prove the city is looking to sell the property to a private business for completion, then eminent domain is constituted as public

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