16. john smith has been a bachelor for most of his life and has been very happy that way. he has spent the last seven years living in an apartment building on center street. one day, john smith met the love of his life, pocahontas, and they decided to get married. five years later, the happy couple decided to sell a large parcel of land that pocahontas received in fee simple absolute after an ugly divorce from her spouse before john smith. mickey mouse is a ready, willing, and able buyer. mickey would like a general warranty deed.

which of the following correctly lists who must sign the deed?
a. mickey mouse because he is the grantor
b. pocahontas because she is the grantor and her prior spouse to release
dower rights
c. pocahontas because she is the grantor and john smith to release
dower
d. pocahontas and john smith because they each own the property as
co-tennants in common

17. mickey mouse and minnie mouse live on a very large farm. the farm is a parcel of land that contains roughly six acres of land with two acres abutting magic mountain lane on the north side of the property. there are no other roads touching the property. their house is located on the back two acres of land, furthest away from the road, on the south side of the property. mickey and minnie have used their driveway for the past ten years. donald duck purchased the northerly two acres of property and continued to allow mickey and minnie to use their driveway, which crosses his property, for twenty-one years. at the same time, mickey and minnie purchased the adjacent six acres that connects to both their existing property and magic mountain lane. mickey and minnie have even enclosed their driveway with a fence. donald duck has had enough and filed suit against mickey mouse and minnie mouse to declare the driveway to be his. the court finds that the mouse’s use has been open, continual, exclusive, adverse, and notorious.

which of the following correctly states what mickey mouse and minnie mouse own?
a. easement by prescription
b. easement by necessity
c. merely a license
d. easement in gross

18. same facts as in number 2, above. assume that after the court decision; mickey and minnie buy back the land that donald duck owns, giving them a total of 12 acres of land.

which of the following correctly states what happens to the easement?
a. donald duck retains the right of way to use the driveway because he
never granted those rights to anyone.
b. mickey and minnie mouse retain the easement by necessity that the
court granted.
c. mickey and minnie mouse retain the easement by prescription that the
court granted
d. the rights in the easement become part and parcel to the current
ownership of the land through the doctrine of merger.

19. goofy owns a large lake upon which he likes to go skiing for most of the year. he tends to prefer the cooler fall whether for skiing and doesn’t bother going during the summer. instead of allowing the lake to sit vacant during the summer months, he decides to begin selling agreements to only twenty of his closest friends. the agreements are in writing and allow the holder of the agreement to use the lake for june, july, and august only. since goofy issued the first twenty agreements, their value has skyrocketed. donald had purchased one of the agreements from goofy. daisy has offered to buy donald’s agreement for $20,000.00.

is donald legally allowed to sell to daisy?
a. no, donald merely has a revocable license that goofy could terminate.
b. yes, donald has an easement appurtenant that runs with the land.
c. yes, donald has an easement in gross that runs with the person.
d. no, donald has an easement in gross that only runs with the land.

20. aladdin has been renting a space in an apartment building from jafar for two months. aladdin and jafar entered into a month to month tenancy requiring aladdin to pay $500.00 per month. after the first two months, aladdin stopped paying rent, but continued living in the space.

which of the following is correct?
a. aladdin is a periodic tenant and jafar must give notice to terminate.
b. aladdin is a tenant for years and jafar must await the end date to sue.
c. aladdin is a trespasser and must vacate immediately
d. aladdin is a holdover tenant and jafar can file for eviction today.

21. jafar has decided to sue aladdin for the back rent. jafar files suit in the municipal court of agrabah.

which of the following correctly states the events that follow?

a. after aladdin receives the complaint, he has 28 days to file an answer.
b. after aladdin receives the complaint, he has 28 days to file a reply.
c. after aladdin receives the reply, he has 28 days to file a counterclaim.
d. after aladdin receives the answer, he must respond in 28 days.