Based on the following facts, what is the result under Minnesota law? A subcontractor timely delivered a proper 514.011 notice and timely filed a proper statement of claim. In order to maintain a valid lien on the property that is good against both the property owner as well as third parties who might purchase the property, the subcontractor must begin her lawsuit and file a notice of lis pendens

Kramer makes the following inter vivos grant of Minnesota real estate:  “To my son, Tortious, so long as the property is used as a turtle ranch.”  Ten years later, Kramer dies and his will leaves all his property to Tortious.  Tortious had used the property as a turtle ranch for the ten years prior to Kramer’s death.  Upon Kramer’s death  

(4 points)   You make and install custom kitchen cabinets, which are specifically designed to fit the homeowner’s kitchen. You believe Kramer is a fatcat, so you agree to sell and install cabinets in his home for an agreed price of $20,000, and you agree to wait to be paid until the work is complete. Before you begin, you and Kramer sign the construction contract as well as a security agreement that pledges the cabinets as collateral. The work is completed on July 20. Alas, Kramer is a deadbeat and he doesn’t pay you. Fortunately, in your construction contract with Kramer, you included the proper pre-lien notice required by Minn. Stat. 514.011. You also filed a fixture financing statement on July 27. Surprisingly, even though Kramer is a deadbeat, there is no mortgage or any other lien against his property. What are your two options?  Which one would you choose and why?

Under Minnesota law, if a lessee hires a contractor to make an improvement, which of the following is true regarding a lien that the contractor files against the landlord’s property?

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that a city can completely ban adult entertainment clubs if the ban furthers a legitimate government interest.

Assume a commercial property owner challenged its property tax assessment on grounds that the mil rate (tax per $1,000 of assessed value) is much higher for big box stores than it is for homeowners. The property owner asserts that this practice violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. What level of judicial scrutiny (which “test”) should be applied by the courts in addressing the Equal Protection claim? Explain why.

Assume the same facts as in the preceding question. Under a notice statute, who has title?

Under Minnesota law, which of the following might be required to be disclosed by a seller of residential property?

St. Cloud State University was considering the purchase of a piece of property that Ted owned. SCSU needed more time to study the proposed purchase, and so on November 1, 2019 Ted and SCSU entered into an option agreement that gave SCSU the right to purchase the property at any time on or before December 31, 2019 for a purchase price of $200,000. The option agreement provided that SCSU must pay $5,000 for this option, and SCSU paid this amount to Ted. Two weeks later, in November, Ted died. On December 20, the administrator of the estate of Ted notified SCSU that Ted had died and that the offer to sell is revoked. Two days later, SCSU notified the administrator that it was exercising its option to buy the property. The administrator refuses to sell.

Proposition 13 in California currently provides property tax limitations that apply to both commercial and residential property.