Also known as: vehicles · motor vehicle · conveyance
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A self-propelled device designed for the transportation of persons or property on land or water.
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Vivian Vaughn purchased a residence from Valor Capital under a contract that promised to repair the attached garage so her vehicle could be stored safely. After closing the deed omitted the repair promise. When the garage remained unusable Vivian sued for fraud. The court permitted the claim to proceed because merger does not bar actions grounded in fraud.
Victor Vargas took an unattended automobile from a dealership lot and drove it across state lines. The vehicle was valued at more than five hundred dollars. Prosecutors charged him with third-degree felony theft because the property stolen was a motor-propelled vehicle.
Vanessa Vega remained in possession of a rented warehouse after her lease expired. She continued to store her delivery vehicle inside without the landlord's consent and without claiming superior title. The landlord brought an action to recover possession treating her occupancy as an estate at sufferance.
Vaughn Valentine financed the purchase of a commercial truck through Valor Capital. The lender filed a financing statement covering the truck as collateral. Because the truck was movable when the security interest attached it qualified as goods under the UCC article governing secured transactions.
Valentina Vasquez purchased a lot in a new subdivision governed by a recorded declaration that restricted parking of commercial vehicles on residential streets. The declaration bound all subsequent owners. A neighbor later sought to enforce the restriction against Valentina after she parked her work van overnight.
Vera Vu sought a building permit to expand her waterfront home. The city conditioned approval on her granting a public access easement across the driveway used by her service vehicle. Because the easement bore no direct relationship to any impact caused by the expansion the condition amounted to an uncompensated taking.
Theft of a motor-propelled vehicle is a third-degree felony regardless of value. The rule treats automobiles and similar conveyances as inherently serious property crimes because of their mobility and typical market value.
A vehicle qualifies as goods when it is movable at the time a security interest attaches. The definition expressly includes manufactured homes and other movable items that can serve as collateral.
Continued possession of land after termination of a possessory interest creates an estate at sufferance even when the occupant stores a vehicle on the premises. The doctrine focuses on wrongful holding over rather than the nature of the chattel involved.
…be delivered at Greenwich on the following day. On the following day the shaft was taken by the defendants, before noon, for conveyance to Greenwich and the sum of £2 4s. was paid for its carriage for the whole distance. At the same time the defendants' clerk was told that a special entry, if required, should be made to…