Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Property Law Resource Guide

Introduction

Legislation and Case Law

Major Treatises and Practice Guides

Study Aids

Searching Scholar and OhioLINK

Journal Articles and Current Awareness Services

Aggregate Files and Other Web Resources

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Introduction

Issues covered in Property ( LAW 508 ) include the definition and classification of property problems concerning acquisition of title; history of land law; estates; introduction to future interests; rule against perpetuities; statute of frauds; concurrent ownership; methods of conveyance; mortgage; recording; and the landlord and tenant relationship.

 

Legislation and Case Law

Ohio Revised Code -Title 53: Real Property

Cases

  • Westlaw ( OHRP-CS ) Cases from Ohio state courts that relate to interests in and transfers of real property. Coverage begins with 1821. (All Databases > Topical Materials by Area of Practice > Real Property > State Cases > State Databases > Ohio). See also the multi-state real property cases MRP-CS database, which contains documents selected for relevance to this topic from the state courts of all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
  • LexisNexis ( Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Real Estate > Cases > OH Real Estate Cases ) which contains selected caselaw relating to Real Estate law from the various courts from the state of Ohio. See also LexisNexis Real Estate Cases, Federal and State (Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Real Estate > Cases > Real Estate Cases, Federal and State ) which contains caselaw from the following federal and state sources: U.S. Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, Court of Appeal Federal Circuit, Tax Court, District Courts, Court of Claims, Bankruptcy Courts, Court of International Trade, U.S. Customs Court, and individual state courts and is made up of selected documents relating to real property law.
 

Major Treatises and Practice Guides

American Law of Property ; a Treatise on the Law of Property in the United States / Little, Brown, 1952 -           KF 560 .A5

Clark on Surveying and Boundaries, 7th ed./ Walter G. Robillard, et. al. / Lexis Law Pub., 1997 -   .   KF 683 .C55 1997
LexisNexis - (Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Real Estate > Treatises & Analytical Materials > Clark on Surveying and Boundaries, Seventh Edition )

Introduction to Property, 2nd ed. / Joseph William Singer / Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Law & Business, 2005. KF 570 .Z9 S56 2005

Introduction to the Law of Real Property: An Historical Background of the Common Law of Real Property and Its Modern Application, 4th ed. / Cornelius J. Moynihan, Sheldon F. Kurtz / Thomson/West, 2005. (Hornbook Series) KF 570 .M6 2005    

The Law of Future Interests, Borron 3rd ed./ John A. Borron, Jr. / Thomson/West, 2002 -3 vols.     KF 605 .S52 2002

The Law of Property, 3rd ed. / William B. Stoebuck, Dale A. Whitman / West Pub. Co., 2000. (Hornbook Series) Reserve KF 570 .C86 2000

The Law of Property : An Introductory Survey, 5th ed. / Herbert Hovenkamp, Sheldon F. Kurtz / West Group, 2001. Reserve KF 570 .S53

The Law of Real Property (Powell on Real Property) / Richard R. Powell; revision editor Patrick J. Rohan / Matthew Bender , 1977- KF 570 .P6 ( LexisNexis - Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Real Estate > Treatises & Analytical Materials > Matthew Bender(R) > Powell on Real Property )

The Law of Real Property, and Other Interests in Land, 3d ed. / Herbert Thorndkie Tiffany/ Callaghan [1970] KF 570 .T53 1970 (Westlaw - TIFFANY-RP )

Nichols on Eminent Domain (LexisNexis -- Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Real Estate > Treatises & Analytical Materials > Matthew Bender(R) > Nichols on Eminent Domain )

Perspectives on Property Law, 3d ed / Robert C. Ellickson, et. al., eds. / Aspen Law & Business, 2002. KF 562 .E25 2002

Restatement of the Law of Property / American Law Institute Publishers, 1936-1993 v. 1. Introduction and freehold estates -- v. 2-3. Future interests -- v. 4. Social restrictions imposed on the creation of property interests -- v. 5. Servitudes -- v. 6. Appendix, citations to the restatement through June 1992 and revisions to text from the Restatement of the law, 1948 supplement Reference KF 570 .A75 (Westlaw - REST-PROP ) (LexisNexis Legal > Secondary Legal > Restatements > Property > Restatement Property - Rule Sections; Case Citations )

Restatement of the Law, Property : Servitudes : as adopted and promulgated / by the American Law Institute / American Law Institute, 2000. 2 vols. Reference KF 657 .R47 (Westlaw -REST-PROP ) (LexisNexis - ( Legal > Secondary Legal > Restatements > Property > Servitudes)

Restatement of the Law 3d, Property : Wills and Other Donative Transfers / the American Law Institute, 1999- 2 vols. Reference KF 613 .R47 3d (Westlaw - REST-PROP ) (LexisNexis - Legal > Secondary Legal > Restatements > Property > Wills & Other Donative Transfers )

Restatement of the Law, Property : Mortgages / as adopted and promulgated by the American Law Institute at Washington, D.C., May 14, 1996 / American Law Institute, 1997 - Reference KF 695.A2 R47 1997 (Westlaw - REST-PROP ) (LexisNexis - Legal > Secondary Legal > Restatements > Property > Mortgage )

Restatement of the Law, Second :Property, 2d : Donative Transfers / as adopted and promulgated by the American Law Institute at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1981 [Rev. and enlarged] ./ American Law Institute Publishers, 1983 - Reference KF 613 .R47 1983 (Westlaw -REST-PROP ) (LexisNexis -- Legal > Secondary Legal > Restatements > Property > Donative Transfers )

Restatement of the Law, Second, Property, 2d, Landlord and Tenant / as adopted and promulgated by the American Law Institute at Washington, D.C., May 21, 1976 / American Law Institute Publishers, 1977. Reference KF 570 .A75 1977 (Westlaw - REST-PROP ) (LexisNexis - ( Legal > Secondary Legal > Restatements > Property > Landlord Tenant )

Thompson on Real Property, 2nd ed. / David A. Thomas, editor-in-chief / Lexis Law Publishing, 1998 -   .    KF 570 .T46

Ohio Landlord Tenant Law / Frederic White ed. / [Cleveland, Ohio]: West Group, 1997 - . Current Reference, Reserve, and Ohio     KFO 117.Z9 W5 ( Westlaw - OHLDTL )

Ohio Real Estate Law, 3rd ed. / Kenton L. Kuehnle with Jack S. Levey (Baldwin's Ohio Practice) /Thomson/West. 2003 - 3 vols. Reserve KFO 112 .H362 (Westlaw - OHRELP )

Ohio Real Estate Law Handbook / Cincinnati, OH : Anderson Pub. Co., 1997 - Reserve and Reference KFO 112 .Z9 O55

Andersons's Ohio Residential Real Estate Manual / 5th ed. Thomas J. Sherman / Newark, NJ: LexisNexis, 2005 - Reserve and Reference KFO 126 .W55 - (Continues Ohio Real Estate Transactions, 4th ed., 2004) LexisNexis -- ( Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Real Estate > Treatises & Analytical Materials > By State > Ohio > Anderson's Ohio Residential Real Estate Manual )

Ohio Real Property Law and Practice, 6th ed. / Robert M. Curry and James Geoffrey Durham / Newark, NJ: Lexis/Nexis Matthew Bender, 2006 - . KFO 112 .M32 2006

LexisNexis -- (Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Real Estate > Treatises & Analytical Materials > Ohio Real Property Law and Practice )

 

Developments in Ohio law are often reflected in continuing legal education materials such as:

Titles to Real Estate in Ohio / Columbus, OH: Ohio State Bar Association CLE Institute, 2001 - KFO 126 .T52

Title Law in Ohio / Linda M. Green and David W. Salisbury / Eau Claire, WI: National Business Institute, 2000. KFO 127.Z9 G74 2000

 

Study Aids

Books

Introduction to Property, 2nd ed. / Joseph William Singer / Aspen Law & Business, 2005.     KF 570 .Z9 S56 2005

Property : Examples and Explanations, 3d ed. / Barlow Burke and Joseph Snoe / Aspen Publishers, 2008.  KF 560 .B87 2008        

Property, 2nd ed. / Peter T. Wendel / St. Paul: Thomson/West, 2007. (Sum & Substance Exam Pro Series) KF 570 .Z9 W45 2007

Property: Core Concepts and Key Questions / Robert Feinberg, ed. cons. / New York: Kaplan Publishing, 2007. KF 573 .Z9 P8 2007

Real Property in a Nutshell, 5th ed. / Roger Bernhardt, Ann M. Burkhart / Thomson/West, 2005.    KF 570 .Z9 B47 2005   

Real Estate Transactions : Examples and Explanations, 4th ed. / D. Barlow Burke / Aspen Publishers, 2006. KF 665 .Z9 B865 2006  

Understanding Property Law / by John G. Sprankling / Lexis Pub., 2000.   KF 561 .S67 2000

LexisNexis -- Property Capsule Summary (References are to pages in Understanding Property Law by John G. Sprankling -- Outlines are at LexisNexis for Students Area of Law Outlines ).

A Concise Guide to the Nuts & Bolts of Estates and Future Interests / Andrew Beckerman-Rodau / Carolina Academic Press, 2004.       KF 575.Z9 B43 2004

Landlord and Tenant Law in a Nutshell, 4th ed. / by David S. Hill / Thomson/West, 2004. KF 590 .Z9 H45 2004

Estates in Land and Future Interests: Problems and Answers, 4th ed. / John Makdisi and Daniel B. Bogart / Aspen Law & Business, 2004.    KF 577 .Z9 M35 2004 

Estates and Future Interests in a Nutshell, 3rd ed. / Lawrence W. Waggoner and Thomas P. Gallanis / Thomson/West, 2005.   KF 605 .W33 2005 

Real Property [sound recording] / Paula A. Franzese / Chicago, Ill.: Gilbert Law Summaries, 2005. 6 sound disks (6 hours). KF 570 .F73 2005

A Student's Guide to Easements, Real Covenants, and Equitable Servitudes, 2nd ed. / Stephen A. Siegel / M. Bender, 1999.   KF 657.Z9 S56 1999

FindLaw for Students: Outlines & Exams : Property Law (several exams from other law schools)

CALI (Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) Tutorials :

The following list from the CALI Library of Lessons highlights Property Law tutorials available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Students. You must register a personal password with CALI to use these tutorials. If you are a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Student, and have not yet accessed CALI via our Law School subscription, Students click here .

Adverse Possession (AP) Scroll through list to select the following tutorials: AP: An Introductory Lesson; AP: Color of Title and Constructive Adverse Possession; AP: Continuous and Exclusive Possession for the Statutory Period; AP: Hostile Possession or Possession Under Claim of Right; AP: Open and Notorious Possession; AP: Related Doctrines; AP: Review Questions

Basic Future Interests (BFI)BFI; BFI: The Concept of "Future Interest" - Lesson 1; BFI: The Defeasible Estates and Their Future Interests - Lesson 2; BFI: Fee Simple Determinable (and Possibilities of Reverter) - Lesson 3; BFI: Fee Simple on Condition Subsequent (and Rights of Re-entry) - Lesson 4; BFI: Fee Simple on Executory Limitation (and Executory Interests) - Lesson 5; BFI: Reversions - Lesson 6; BFI: Remainders - Lesson 7; BFI: Kinds of Vested and Contingent Remainders - Lesson 8; BFI: Executory Interests - Lesson 9; BFI: Identifying Remainders and Executory Interests - Lesson 10

Landlord and Tenant (L&T)Scroll through list to select the following tutorials: L&T: An Introductory Lesson; L&T: Constructive Eviction; L&T: Delivery of Possession and Title Covenants; L&T: Periodic Tenancy; L&T: Quiet Enjoyment; L&T: Statute of Frauds; L&T: Tenancy at Sufferance (Holdover Tenants); L&T: Tenancy at Will; L&T: Tenancy for Years

Rule Against Perpetuities (RAP)Scroll through list to select the following tutorials: RAP 1: Common Law Rule Against Perpetuities; RAP 2: Reforms - Cy Pres and Wait-and-See Doctrines; Rules Against Perpetuities 3: Reforms - Uniform Statutory Rules Against Perpetuities

Covenants, Equitable Servitudes and Restrictions (CESR) Scroll through list to select the following tutorials: CESR 1: Creation; CESR 2: Determining the Validity and Scope; CESR 3: Who Has the Right to Enforce Covenants and Equitable Servitudes? CESR 4: Against Whom May One Enforce the Promise? CESR 5: Defenses to Enforcement

Easements Scroll through list to select the following tutorials: Easements Appurtenant and In Gross; Easements Defined; Easements Implied from Prior Existing Use; Express Easements; Implied Easements of Necessity; Licenses Contrasted: Easements by Estoppal; Negative Easements - In Contrast with Affirmative Easements; Prescriptive Easements; Termination of Easements

Property Law - other issues Scroll through list to select other tutorials: Contract for Purchase and Sale 1: Formation and Terms; Contract for Purchase and Sale 2: Remedies and the Merger Doctrine; Distinction Between Real Property and Personal Property; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; Estate in Fee Tail; The Estate System; The Estate System: A Review; Fee Simple Absolute; Financing Real Estate Transactions: A Basic Introduction; Future Interest Rules; Gifts I: Inter Vivos Gifts; Gifts II: Testamentary Gifts, Causa Mortis Gifts and Gifts of Future Interests; Interpreting the Language of Conveyances; Joint Tenancy; Life Estate; Marketable Title Acts and Marketable Record Title Acts; Problems in Property Law Series 1-3; Recording Acts; Relations Between Co-Tenants; Tenancy by the Entirety; Tenancy in Common

Ohio Board of Bar Examiners, Outline of Subjects Tested on Essay Portion of Ohio Bar Examination

Ohio Board of Bar Examiners, Outline of Subjects Tested on Essay Portion of Ohio Bar Examination (Columbus, OH: Supreme Court of Ohio 1984-) Reserve KFO 76 .Z9 O8546 and available at the Supreme Court's website (Outline ...).Outlines the subjects tested on the essay portion of the Ohio Bar Examination in order to provide a guide to bar examiners in drafting the essay questions. The Property section in the November 2002 edition provides citation to legal authorities in property as a convenience to the bar examiners and includes outlines for property issues as follows:

  • Real Property, Estates & Future Interests: I. Freehold Estates, II. Non-Freehold Estates, III. Future Interests, V. Restraints on Transferring Interests in Land.
  • Real Property, Rights in Land: I. Running at Law of Covenants, II. Incorporeal Interests, III. Fixtures, IV. Support, V. Water Rights.
  • Real Property, Vendor and Purchaser: I. Contracts for the Sale of Land, II. Mortgages;
  • Real Property, Titles: I. Adverse Possession, II. Conveyancing - Deeds, III. Recording.
  • Real Property, Public Land Use Control: I. Zoning, II. Eminent Domain.
  • Personal property: I. Finding Lost or Misplaced Articles, II. Bailments, III. Gifts.
 

Searching Scholar and OhioLINK

Search the main subject heading Real Property – United States in SCHOLAR, and OhioLINK catalogs as well as the following related subject headings for additional materials:

 

Journal Articles and Current Awareness Services

See Finding Articles in Law Reviews, Journals and Other Legal Periodicals for an explanation of the legal periodical indexes and databases available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students and the CSU community.

Selected specialty current awareness materials in Property Law include:

  • Practical Real Estate Lawyer (Westlaw - PRACREL ) American Law Institute
  • Real Estate Law Journal Quarterly / K 18 .E14(Westlaw - WGL-RELJ)
  • Real Estate Law Report Monthly (Westlaw -- WGL-RELR )
  • Probate & Property / Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association, v.1 - (1987) - . K 16 .R57
  • Real Property, Probate, and Trust Journal / Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, American Bar Association, v.1 (1966 - ) K 18 .E16
  • LexisNexis - ( Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Real Estate > Law Reviews & Journals > Property Law Review Articles, Combined )
  • Westlaw - ( RP-TP ) All Databases > Topical Materials by Area of Practice > Real Property > Legal Periodicals, Texts & Practice Materials > Real Property - Law Reviews, Texts & Bar Journals
  • Westlaw Topical Highlights - Real Property ( WTH-RP )
 

Aggregate Files and Other Web Resources

  • Westlaw - (All Databases > Topical Materials by Area of Practice > Real Property ) Searchable databases include state cases relating to interests in and transfers of real property, public information, records and filings, real property texts, treatises, forms, periodicals and practice materials. See also All Databases > Topical Materials by Area of Practice > Personal Property

  • LexisNexis - ( Legal > Area of Law - By Topic - Real Estate )Searchable databases include federal and state cases, court rules, statutes and legislative materials, administrative materials and regulations, legal reference materials, other journals, news and references, law reviews and journals, treatises and analytical materials, legal and general news.

  • Westlaw -- West KeySearch – Real Property (All Topics > Property – Real) : “A research tool powered by the West Key Number System that identifies the terms and key numbers most relevant to your legal issue and creates a query for you.” For searching Westlaw state and/or federal caselaw, encyclopedias and treatises, and/or journals and law reviews, utilizing the West Key Number topical approach for Real Property, or a subset of Real Property under one of the following topics (or even a more specific topic within many): Adjoining Landowners, Adverse Possession, Boundaries, Brokers, Condominium, Conveyances and Restrictions, Dedication, Deeds, Easements, Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation, Estates; Future Interests, Fixtures, Gifts, Homestead, Improvements, Joint Ownership, Land Trusts, Landlord and Tenant, Licenses, Liens, Mechanics’ Liens, Mineral Rights and interests, Mobile Homes and parks, Mortgages, Nuisance, Owners Liability, Perpetuities, Public lands, Records, Recording, and Torrens, Registers of Deeds, Remedies, Status as Real or personal, Title and Title Insurance, Trespass, Water Rights and Pollution, Waterfront property, Zoning, Planning, and Building Codes
  • Westlaw -- West KeySearch – Personal Property (All Topics > Property – Personal) “A research tool powered by the West Key Number System that identifies the terms and key numbers most relevant to your legal issue and creates a query for you.” For searching Westlaw state and/or federal caselaw, encyclopedias and treatises, and/or journals and law reviews, utilizing the West Key Number topical approach for Personal Property, or a subset of Personal Property under one of the following topics (or even a more specific topic within many): Abandoned Property and Escheat, Animals, Bailment, Fraudulent Conveyances, Gifts, Intellectual Property, Joint Ownership, Leases, Liens, Mobile Homes, Motor Vehicles, Sales.
  • LexisNexis Search Advisor -- ( All Topics > Real and Personal Property ) Explore Legal Topics: Adverse Possession; Brokers; Condominiums, Cooperatives & Homeowner Associations; Dedication; Deeds & Recording; Eminent Domain Proceedings; Environmental Regulation; Estates, Rights & Titles; Fraudulent Transfers; Insurance; Landlord & Tenant; Liens; Mortgages & Other Security Interests; Personal Property; Property Valuation; Quieting Title & Determining Adverse Claims; Sales, Exchanges & Remedies; Taxation; Zoning & Land Use.
  • FindLaw > Legal Subjects > Property Law
  • Legal Information Institute: Law About... Real Property (land law): an overview
  • LexisONE Legal Internet Guide: Real Estate & Property Law
  • Hieros Gamos Property Law
  • Jurist Legal Research Law Guides: Property/Wills & Trusts

MR rev. 6/29/07; 8/3/07;4/2/08

 


 

 


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