PROBLEM :

1.Sam enjoys snooping at the local dump. One day he goes to the dump and finds a beautiful old lamp that has been thrown in the rubbish pile.One year later, his friend Dave is at Sam's house and sees the lamp.Dave says the lamp was his uncle's, who threw it away, and claims he should have inherited the lamp from his uncle.Who is the rightful owner of the lamp, Sam or Dave?What type of personal property would the lamp be classified as?Please fully explain your answers.

2.Kim and Anna both sit in different rows, however near eachother in their business law classroom. Today, Anna sits during class with her business law textbook on her desk.After class,Anna, stands up and out of her seat in the classroom as she'spreparing to leave and turns around and says "bye Anna, see you next class" andKim says goodbye and Anna walks away.Kim thennotices that a business law textbook is setting on the desk where Anna was previously seatedand has Anna's name on the front of the textbook.What type of personal property would the book be considered as?Who is the rightful owner of the book?Please fully explain your answers.

3.Rob openly used Mike's driveway (which adjoins his property) to get to his house for 35 years. Mike knew that Rob did so. After 35 years, Mike became angry at Rob over a bingo event at the Senior Citizen's Center and told Rob that he could no longer use the driveway.IsRob entitled to continue to use the driveway?If so, what type of easement would apply?Please fully explain your answers.

4.The City ofHappyvillewants to build a new road to make access available to a new police station. Mr. Jones owns land in the area where the road will be located.Mrs. Smith owns the area where the new police station will be located.The city wants to condemn both properties: the Jones property to build the road and the Smith property where the police station will be located.Can the city legally condemn both properties? Does the U.S. Constitution permit this and if so, what section of the Constitution allows this process?Please fully explain your answers.

5.Jebis a contractor andwants to sell a house that he recently constructed.However, Jebnotices a water leak in the bedroom ceiling.Jebgets a can of white spray paint and paints over the stains where the leak was occurring, however he does nothing to repair the leak.Jebthenputs the house up for sale and Angel purchases the house.Three months later, Angel notices the roof leak and wants to sueJeb.DidJebhave a duty to disclose the leak before selling the house to Angel?Please fully explain your answer by stating and discussing any legal doctrines which might apply.