Court Cases Involving Possessory Rights: True Or False?

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The following statement appears in many cases involving possessory rights: "A finder has good title against all persons except the true owner." True or False? Why? - False. In many cases the finder does not prevail. - The finder does not prevail if (she/he) is a trespassing on the owner ‘s premises, the found property goes to the owner of the premises. - The finder will also not prevail over the owner of the premises if the property is mislaid. In Hannah vs Peel it was established that the owner of the premises has a better chance of returning the property to the true owner who misplaced the owner of the premises will also prevail over the finder when the property is mislaid on the owner of the premises land. 4. Please state the holding of Blanchette v. Blanchette (S-2, p. 21) and give a concise summary of the reasoning on which the holding is based. …show more content…

Blanchette) only intended to confer survivorship rights. The court established a rule that establishes a rule that joint tenancy normally by default is an immediate gifts unless there is strong evidence that proves that the donor intended to convey survivorship rights using joint tenancy as a revocable will substitute or had another intention. irrevocable property rights the question of ownership of property acquired by one party but placed in joint names is one of fact: it depends on the intent of the funding party. The court’s reasoning is based on the fact that a will substitute trend was occurring at the time. Many individuals made the choice to confer survivorship rights of their estate through will substitutes, using them as a revocable gift that could be left to survivors instead of using the traditional probate will. The court wanted to give will substitutes legal

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