Real Property: Unenforceability of Restrictive Covenants: Methods of Protecting Plan

1948 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 654
Author(s):  
Charles B. Blackmar
GEOMATICA ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-118
Author(s):  
Izaak de Rijcke

The interpretation and use of information relating to the spatial extent of land ownership (fee simple title) has traditionally been the subject of products which professional land surveyors in Canada have provided. The primary source of such information has been the circumstances noted “on the ground” and the title record that is available for review. These service products have been generally referred to as “Real Property Report” and “Plan of Survey”. Most jurisdictions in Canada require surveyors to mention or show lesser interests in land on a Report or Survey Plan and specifically mention easements and rights of way as the type of interests to be indicated. In this paper, the types of lesser interests in land which have a spatial extent component are considered in terms of modern usage. By relating instances in which the courts have had to deal with clarification and the imposition of a remedy, the traditional treatment of showing only easements and rights of way appears to be no longer sufficient. This paper uses examples of development agreements, site plans and restrictive covenants in establishing the need to revisit the definition of lesser rights in land that must be shown on a Report or Survey Plan. Although some lesser interests have a spatial extent that is the same as that of the fee simple parcel, this is often not the case. The need to understand the broader range and nature of lesser rights in land—as well as new ways of interpreting and communicating their spatial extent to clients—are clear opportunities for the enhancement of professional surveyors’ products and services.


Author(s):  
Barbara Bogusz ◽  
Roger Sexton

Titles in the Complete series combine extracts from a wide range of primary materials with clear explanatory text to provide readers with a complete introductory resource. This chapter provides an introduction to basic concepts of land law. The discussions cover real property and personal property; property rights which give immediate use and enjoyment of land (fee simple estate and leases); property rights against land owned by other people (mortgages, restrictive covenants, easements, profits prendre, rentcharges, rights of occupation, interest under a resulting or constructive trust, proprietary estoppel, estate contracts, options, and the trust); and proof of title to land (importance of proof of title, methods of proving that a vendor has good title, unregistered title and registered title).


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