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deeds to a piece of property she owns at ten separate closings during a two-day period. She then leaves for a warmer climate in a country with no extradition treaty. If her state has a recording statute based on a race- notice act, answer the following questions based on these facts. A. Who will ultimately have the best title to the property? B. Does the fact that a quitclaim deed was given by Francene preclude any of the ten grantees from acquiring a valid title to the land? C. Assuming that Francene is apprehended before she could flee the country, would any of the grant- ees be able to successfully sue her for damages? If so, under what theory? If not, why not? 4. Sam Slick moves into a 100-acre tract of land belong- ing to Irma Innocent, an absentee landowner. He builds a log home on the land and builds a barbed wire fence around a one-acre tract of land surrounding his home. He tells everyone he meets that he owns the entire 100 acres of land, even though he only actually takes possession of the one-acre tract. Whenever anyone attempts to approach his home, he drives them away. After nine years of living in Irma's land, he decides to move to another state and leaves his homestead for a six-month period, telling everyone that he will return in six months and posting no trespassing signs around the perimeter of the one-acre land surrounding his home. A. If the state with Sam's homestead requires a five-year period of adverse possession, who owns Sam's homestead after Sam returns to the state? Assuming that Sam would be the owner under ad- verse possession, how much land would he own? B. If the state involved has a ten-year requirement for adverse possession, how long must Sam wait before he actually owns the homestead after he re- turns from his six-month trip? C. If Sam had moved into the land with Irma's consent but, once in it, he began telling everyone (except Irma) that he owned it and met the other require- ments for adverse possession, would he own the land after the required time period expired? Explain. deeds to a piece of property she owns at ten separate closings during a two-day period. She then leaves for a warmer climate in a country with no extradition treaty. If her state has a recording statute based on a race- notice act, answer the following questions based on these facts. A. Who will ultimately have the best title to the property? B. Does the fact that a quitclaim deed was given by Francene preclude any of the ten grantees from acquiring a valid title to the land? C. Assuming that Francene is apprehended before she could flee the country, would any of the grant- ees be able to successfully sue her for damages? If so, under what theory? If not, why not? 4. Sam Slick moves into a 100-acre tract of land belong- ing to Irma Innocent, an absentee landowner. He builds a log home on the land and builds a barbed wire fence around a one-acre tract of land surrounding his home. He tells everyone he meets that he owns the entire 100 acres of land, even though he only actually takes possession of the one-acre tract. Whenever anyone attempts to approach his home, he drives them away. After nine years of living in Irma's land, he decides to move to another state and leaves his homestead for a six-month period, telling everyone that he will return in six months and posting no trespassing signs around the perimeter of the one-acre land surrounding his home. A. If the state with Sam's homestead requires a five-year period of adverse possession, who owns Sam's homestead after Sam returns to the state? Assuming that Sam would be the owner under ad- verse possession, how much land would he own? B. If the state involved has a ten-year requirement for adverse possession, how long must Sam wait before he actually owns the homestead after he re- turns from his six-month trip? C. If Sam had moved into the land with Irma's consent but, once in it, he began telling everyone (except Irma) that he owned it and met the other require- ments for adverse possession, would he own the land after the required time period expired? Explain

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