I. Raymond and Sue have been dating for three years, and it is expected that they will marry soon. Raymond has leased a two bedroom house from Sue's parents, and they have hinted that they will give the house to Sue and Raymond when they marry.Raymond spends many weekends fixing the house up and in July builds a large deck off the back of the house. Unfortunately, that month Sue meets and falls in love with Derek. In September Raymond's lease runs out and Sue's parents tell him he will have to move because Derek wants to rent the place. Raymond informs Sue's parents that they owe him $1500 for the time and materials he spent building the deck. He tells them that if they don't pay he will tear up the deck and take his lumber with him.

Identify and explain the three factors that a court will use to determine whether the deck is Raymond's personal property, which he can take with him, or whether it is part of the real property that belongs to Sue's parents?Explain your answer.

II. Dr. Harrington of La Grande, Oregon recently passed away after a long and rich life. Among the assets in his estate is a two-acre piece of property with a small cottage on it known as Fernwood, which the good doctor owned in fee simple. In his will Dr. Harrington made the following bequest, "Fernwood to my housekeeper, Mrs. Ida Wilkerson, for life, and then to the First Baptist Church of La Grande for so long as it is used as a youth ministry center."

Identify the interests (estates in real property) created by Dr. Harrington's bequest?Did Dr. Harrington's heirs retain any interest in Fernwood?

IV. Misty Greenjeans decides to open a nursery business. She leases 6 acres of fertile level ground from Wilber Gentry. Her lease runs for tens years and during that time Misty develops the property by drilling a well and building three large greenhouses. Before the lease runs out she tries to renew it but Mr. Genrty refuses. He has retired from the teaching profession and decided he would like to own a small nursery business. A week before the lease expires, Misty informs Mr. Gentry that she plans to remove the pump from the well and have the greenhouses disassembled and removed from the property. Mr. Gentry tells her she does not have any right to do so and refuses to give her entry onto the property to remove the items.

Misty sues seeking a court order allowing her to enter the property and remove the pump and greenhouses. How should the court rule and why?