Legal Opinion
Abers v. Rounsavell
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 18, 2010No. G040486PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RYLAARSDAM, Acting P. J .
These appeals concern a Santa Ana condominium project that falls somewhere between owning a home and renting it. Plaintiffs (the homeowners) purchased a leasehold interest in their individual homes in a 150-unit condominium project. Each has been assigned a single-unit ground lease with lessors, the trustees of a family trust.
The ground leases are for a long term (75 years), with a rent adjustment clause for increasing the rents after 30 years. The rent adjustment clauses call for reassessing the ground rent based on a percentage of the appraised value of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Founding Members of Newport Beach Country Club v. Newport Beach Country Club, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2003
- Dore v. Arnold Worldwide, Inc.California Supreme Court · 2006
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