A recent Tennessee case involving the breach of a real estate contract provides some straightforward and pragmatic analysis and discussion of two issues that arose from that contract. Those issues might easily arise in other real estate cases, construction cases, or breach of contract cases. Those two issues were: (1)…
A recent Tennessee breach of contract case involving a real estate commission should probably be on the mandatory reading list for all real estate agents and agencies in Tennessee. (Ditto for any lawyer drafting listing agreements for real estate agencies). The pertinent facts of the case are as follows: •…
In Tennessee, adjoining landowners sometimes end up in court in boundary disputes. There are various reasons that boundary line disputes arise, including: imprecise descriptions in deeds; conflicts between descriptions in recorded plats and deeds to owners of subdivision lots; fences that have been in place for years, but that are…
In Tennessee, easement rights are a fairly frequent source of conflict and disagreement. What is an easement? How does someone obtain easement rights? How does an easement affect the person upon whose land the easement is located? Generally speaking, an easement is a right to use a part of the…