Once a tenant files for bankruptcy, a lease becomes subject to the rules of bankruptcy, the tenant becomes largely untouchable, and you “get in line” according to your priority as a creditor. Bankruptcy triggers certain legal rights and obligations not included in the lease itself that a landlord must navigate to minimize loss.
An easement is a right to use or enjoy the land of another. An easement “in gross” is for a specific individual, which may terminate in the future (such as upon death of a grantee); an appurtenant easement runs with the land. See, generally, Skvarla v. Park, 62 N.C. App. 482, 303 S.E.2d 354 (1983); Gibbs v. Wright, 17 N.C. App. 495, 195 S.E.2d 40 (1973). An easement’s scope may be limited (i.e., only for pedestrian or vehicle ingress, egress, or regress) or unlimited (e.g., above-ground utilities).