A landlord served a tenant with a three-day notice to cure or quit, and the tenant brought an action against the landlord requesting declaratory relief and alleging breach of contract and intentional interference with contract. The landlord filed an unlawful detainer action, and with regard to the tenant’s complaint, filed an anti-SLAPP motion under Code of […]
Adverse Possession Law Students Will Be Tortured With Blackacre Hypos Based On This One!
Owner of a 30-acre parcel of land [owner #1] placed a boundary fence in the wrong place in 1987. Since then, owner #1 has been occupying and improving the .44-acre of the 173-acre parcel owned by owner #2, a religious group. Owner #1 paid no taxes on that .44-acre piece of land, but, because it was […]
Dismissal Of Wrongful Foreclosure Action Reversed.
The appellate court reversed the sustaining of a demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint for wrongful foreclosure. In support of the demurrer, defendants sought judicial notice, which was granted, of the notice of default, including the attached declaration of someone named Samantha Jones, which stated the bank “tried with due diligence to contact [plaintiff] in accordance with California […]
Borrower Must Be Offered A Permanent Loan Modification When They Comply With A Trial Period Plan.
After her home loan went into default, plaintiff agreed to a trial period plan [TPP], a form of temporary loan payment reduction under the Home Affordable Mortgage Program [HAMP]. Plaintiff complied with the TPP, making timely reduced monthly payments. Nonetheless, the bank denied her a permanent loan modification, and plaintiff’s home was sold at a trustee’s […]
Commercial Lease Does Not Last Forever.
Commercial lease term stated: “Provided that Tenant shall not then be in default hereunder, Tenant shall have the option to extend the Term of this Lease for 5 (FIVE) YEARS additional FIVE year periods upon the same terms and conditions herein contained . . . .” The trial court concluded the commercial lease grants the tenant […]
Unclean Hands Defense Defeats Claim Of Adverse Possession.
Two years after the owner of a residence died intestate leaving two sons, plaintiff and her husband changed the locks and placed a “No Trespassing” sign on the property which also indicated she was the owner. Plaintiff and her husband placed a fence around the property and commenced repairs. They recorded a quitclaim deed from the […]
Tenant Prevails In Unlawful Detainer Action.
Property owner raised the rent and the tenant refused to pay rental increases, arguing the increase violated the city’s rent stabilization ordinance. The owner responded by filing an unlawful detainer action. A provision in the ordinance states that a tenant may refuse to pay rent greater than that allowed under the ordinance. The trial court agreed […]
Anti-SLAPP Motion Should Have Been Granted In Registered Sex Offender Case.
The renter/defendant of a house owned by the owner/plaintiff told a potential buyer of the house that a registered sex offender lived immediately across the street from the house. The sale fell through and the owner sued the renter for interfering with the sale. The renter filed an anti-SLAPP motion under Code of Civil Procedure section […]
Technological Changes Did Not End Design Immunity In Construction
Plaintiffs were injured in an accident on a bridge and brought an action for dangerous condition of public property. Defendants argued they enjoyed design immunity, but plaintiffs contended they lost that immunity when they became aware of certain technological changes which made it appropriate to install modifications. The trial court entered judgment in favor the […]
2007 Mortgage Debt Relief Act Extended For One Year In Senate Bill.
It appears that the Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007 will be extended for one year. The Senate is currently making amendments to the Bill, passed in the House earlier this morning and the President has yet to sign, however, with those caveats the extension is expected to be included. Here is the text from […]
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