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The analysis provided must be back-up by the USA Law.

Scenario:

Vern Shoepke bought a two-story home in Roche, Maine. The warranty deed did not specify what covenants would be included in the conveyance. The property was adjacent to a public park that included a popular Frisbee golf course. (Frisbee golf is a sport similar to golf but using Frisbees.) Wayakichi Creek ran along the north end of the park and along Shoepke's property. The deed allowed Roche citizens the right to walk across a five-foot-wide section of the lot beside Wayakichi Creek as part of a two-mile public trail system. Teenagers regularly threw Frisbee golf discs from the walking path behind Shoepke's property over his yard to the adjacent park. Shoepke habitually shouted and cursed at the teenagers, demanding that they not throw the discs over his yard.

Two months after moving into his Roche home, Shoepke leased the second floor to Lauren Slater for nine months. The lease agreement did not specify that Shoepke's consent would be required to sublease the second floor. After three months of tenancy, Slater sublet the second floor to a local artist, Javier Indalecio. Over the remaining six months, Indalecio's use of oil paints damaged the carpeting in Shoepke's home. Using the information presented in the chapter, answer the following questions.

Debate This:

Under no circumstances should a local government be able to condemn property in order to sell it later to real estate developers for private use.

Peer's Debate:

The local government should not condemn property to sell it later for private use for various reasons. The act of local government condemning property and selling it for real estate use is allowed by the feature of eminent domain. However, eminent domain offering power to the local government to condemn the property is not effective since it ends up destroying the value of the properties. Therefore, under no circumstance should the local government condemn property and use it for private use since it reduces the value of properties that are acquired involuntarily.