Instructions

Please respond to Cases # $5$ & $6$ on p$.982.$ Answer each question posed in the cases.

Smith and Dudley are next$-$door neighbors. The branches of a large maple tree on

Smith's property hang over Dudley's driveway, dripping sap onto Dudley's car. Smith

refuses to trim the branches overhanging Dudley's driveway, saying that she does not

want to destroy the beauty of the tree. What are Dudley's legal rights in this

situation?

Two years after Jean Russell was divorced from Billy Russell, Jean signed a

quitclaim deed conveying her interest in their jointly owned real property to Billy.

Later, she tried to have the deed set aside on the ground that Billy gave her no

consideration. Was she successful? Why or why not? $[$See: Russell v$.$ Russell, $361$

So$.2d1053(AL).$