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In general, an easement is a legal right that allows one party to enter or use property belonging to another party, subject to whatever terms may apply. Not all easements are built alike, however. Since the two most commonly encountered are easements in gross and...
As a business owner, you may be aware that you want to offer contracts to some of your employees, perhaps to increase the odds that you will retain them or because you want to very carefully define their roles. But, if you run this business with a partner, it's not...
The concept of eminent domain is one that many people don’t know much about unless they’re served documents about it. Eminent domain is what the government can use to claim personal property for public use. The catch to this is that the property owner has to receive...
Eminent domain is a power that the government has to take private property for public use. For instance, maybe you have a family business that has been on the same small street since your father opened that business twenty years before you were born. You have no...
As most business owners in Murfreesboro know, running a company or establishment usually means partnering with other entities. The parties typically establish these relationships by signing a legal contract or agreement. Examples of potential contract parties include:...
Change orders – those sometimes inevitable and unavoidable changes in the plans after construction on a project already begins – are the frequent source of litigation. Disputes often start because the owner, the contractor, the developer, investors or even the...
Moving day has come and gone, and the prior owner of your new home is still sitting there with barely a box of their belongings packed. What now? You can’t very well toss the other party and everything they own out into the street since that would be an illegal...
Force majeure clauses are essential in construction contracts. Although construction professionals have back-up plans in case unexpected circumstances arise, you can’t plan for everything. Tennessee has certainly seen more than its fair share of weather-related...
As a property owner, a compulsory purchase order under eminent domain laws could destroy your dreams for the future and your memories of the past. Whether your property is your home, farm, or business, losing it will be devastating. Rather than assuming that a...
Constructing anything that prohibits the ingress of water is nothing short of an engineering miracle. At least, that is how it seems to those of us unfamiliar with the construction industry. The nature of water allows it to travel unimpeded until something stops it or...