For this milestone, you will review Case Study Two and compose a short report, applying your legal knowledge and understanding of the types of business organizations. Case Study Two concentrates on contracts and landlord-tenant law. For additional details, please refer to the Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric document and the Milestone Two Template in the Assignment Guidelines and Rubrics section of the course PART 10 Property LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions: 1 What are the interests in real property that someone can hold? 2 How is real property voluntarily transferred? 3 How is real property involuntarily transferred? 4 How is the use of property restricted? CASE OPENER Economic Redevelopment in Poletown General Motors wanted to expand its facility, but when the company offered to purchase the property it needed, the owners would not accept the offers. The firm then approached the Detroit Economic Development Corporation with a request that the corporation use its power of eminent domain to acquire a large parcel of land on which members of the plaintiff organization, Poletown Neighborhood Council, resided and had small businesses. Once the corporation had acquired the land, it would be conveyed to General Motors for its plant expansion. The justification for the use of eminent domain was the creation of jobs for the economically depressed area. The plaintiffs, who did not want their community destroyed, sued the city and the development corporation on the grounds that they were abusing their power of eminent domain to take private property for a private use. 1. Can business managers ask the city to buy real property for them when the owners do not wish to sell it? 2. What would determine whether the government can legally take the property for the corporation? The Wrap-Up at the end of the chapter will answer these questions. p. 1079 Ownership of real property seems to be one of the goals of most people in the United States. In this chapter we examine the nature of real property, the types of interests someone can own in real property, and how those interests can be transferred. As the opening scenario implies, transfers can be either voluntary or involuntary. PART 10 Property LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions: 1 How is the landlord-tenant relationship created? 2 What are the rights and duties of the landlord and tenant? 3 What are landlords' liabilities for injuries on the premises? 4 How are interests in leased property transferred? 5 How are leases terminated? CASE OPENER Free to Choose? Roommates.com operates a Web site that helps individuals find roommates. Individuals searching for roommates create profiles using questionnaires provided by the Web site. The questionnaires ask for information about age, sex, and sexual orientation, as well as whether the perso ...