Title Assurance basic hypos

  1. Arian Hassanalizadeh sells Whiteacre to Ryan Janski, never having owned it. Di Fu actually owns it
    1. Who wins in Janski v. Fu?
    2. Suppose Janski records the deed?
  2. Carrie Stickel sells Blackacre, which she owns, to Hassanalizadeh, and then sells it again to Chris Acuna
    1. No one records deed
    2. Who wins in Acuna v. Hassanalizadeh?
    3. Hassanalizadeh records
    4. Everything is correct on deed
    5. Deed says "property known as L'acre noir"
    6. Deed shows grantee as "Hassan L. Zisada"
    7. Deed shows grantor as "Grant Orr"
    8. Deed shows grantor as "Stikkle"
    9. Deed says "all my real property, wherever located"
    10. Deed says "the property I got from my step-father."
  3. Stickel enters into a 5-year lease for Blackacre with Chance Baderscher before transactions described above
  4. Stickel grants a springing executory interest to Jeremy Abrams, "on my death"
  5. Katherine Martinez has been operating a metal recycling plant on Blackacre for 21 years; Martinez sues Hassanalizadeh and Acuna to quiet title in Martinez. Who wins?