MBE Question of the Day #42

On July 1, a farmer in the business of raising and selling tomatoes sent the following signed letter to a produce wholesaler, which was received July 2:”Have 2000 bushels of grade A tomatoes available for delivery on August 15 at $10 a bushel. This offer will remain open until July 15.”
On July 5, a severe [...]

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MBE Question of the Day #41

Julia, a chemist of international reputation, was working on new plastic explosives in the laboratory in the basement of her home. The laboratory was duly licensed both to carry on explosives research and to possess all of the chemicals on hand. One evening, after she placed a new plastic explosive which she was preparing for [...]

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MBE Question of the Day #40

The victim was the leader of a cult and the defendant was a member of that cult. For 30 consecutive days, the victim preached a sermon in which he proclaimed that he had the power to call lightning down from the heavens to strike down followers whom he considered to be sinners. The defendant believed he [...]

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MBE Question of the Day #39

A statute of the state of Kiowa provided state monetary grants to private dance, theater, and opera groups located in that state. The statute required recipients of such grants to use the granted monies for the acquisition, construction, and maintenance of appropriate facilities for the public performance of their performing arts. The last section of [...]

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MBE Question of the Day #38

A teacher properly executed a will in 1995 in which he left a tract of land to a lumberjack and left the remainder of his estate to a roofer.
The lumberjack died testate in 1995 leaving his entire estate to a welder, and was survived by his son as his only heir.
The teacher died in 1996 [...]

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MBE Question of the Day #37

A seller, the owner of a parcel of land, has entered into an oral agreement to sell the land to a purchaser for $20,000. The purchaser has delivered the purchase price to the seller, who deposited it in her bank account. The seller then changes her mind about selling the property, sends back the purchase [...]

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MBE Question of the Day #36

A corporation retained an attorney in an antitrust matter in which the corporation was the plaintiff. Their agreement provides that the attorney will bill the corporation on an hourly basis but will not collect anything except costs until the corporation receives a recovery or a settlement in the action. The corporation had severe ethical problems [...]

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MBE Question of the Day #35

The federal statute admitting the state of Blue to the Union granted Blue certain public lands, and established some very ambiguous conditions on the subsequent disposition of these lands by Blue. This federal statute also required the new state to write those exact same conditions into its state constitution. One hundred years later, a statute [...]

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MBE Question of the Day #34

A pillow manufacturer telegraphed a merchant who sold feathers: “Please have 6,000 pounds of feathers ready for June 1 delivery.” The feather merchant’s reply stated that he would be happy to fill the order at the usual price, but added that he could have only 4,000 pounds ready on June 1, with another 2,000 pounds [...]

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MBE Question of the Day #33

In response to a number of accidents involving pedestrians in the local business district, City enacted a statute making it illegal for a pedestrian to walk through the City’s central business district anywhere other than on the sidewalk. City also enacted a statute making it illegal for any business to obstruct the sidewalk in front [...]

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