Abstractor No Privity Trap
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Real Property1
Example wrong choices
17809_olive_ink_conduit · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice ACedar Abstract, because the conduit right-of-way deed was outside the chain of title.
Why it's attractive
The stem says the right-of-way deed was properly recorded by the then-owner before later conveyances.
Why it's wrong
The stem says the right-of-way deed was properly recorded by the then-owner before later conveyances.
17809_olive_ink_conduit · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice CRuth, because Peter's deed to her contained a covenant against encumbrances.
Why it's attractive
The deed covenant belongs to Peter's deed; the call asks about Cedar Abstract.
Why it's wrong
The deed covenant belongs to Peter's deed; the call asks about Cedar Abstract.
17809_olive_ink_conduit · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice DCedar Abstract, because it did not know about the conduit right-of-way deed.
Why it's attractive
The abstractor was hired to find recorded title matters; lack of actual awareness is not the answer.
Why it's wrong
The abstractor was hired to find recorded title matters; lack of actual awareness is not the answer.
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