Question

Easement Dispute. Sally buys a house from Bob that borders on a lake. Her deed gives her the most complete estate a person may have. She is in her bathing suit sunning one day when her neighbor, Fred, cuts through her yard. Sally tells him not to do that anymore. Fred informs her that he had previously purchased and properly recorded a right to cut across her yard to get lake access. Sally asks you what she should do to try to get rid of Fred because she doesn't like his cutting through her yard when she is sunning. What is the type of right that Fred is exercising by cutting through the yard called?

a)A life absolute estate
b)A conditional estate
c)A fee simple absolute estate
d)A limited estate
e)A subject estate

Answer 1

A fee simple absolute estate - option C.

Step-by-step explanation:

Fee simple is a legal term describing the most common and absolute type of property ownership. Owners of single-family residences have fee simple ownership, but condo and many townhouse owners don't, since they own only their individual unit, not the land on which the development is built.