Agency Label Over Control
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
14946_emmaus_lantern_mortgagee · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice AMary, because she acted only as Hannah's agent to preserve Mary's security interest.
Why it's attractive
The stem shows Mary operating the premises through employees and taking the net profits against the debt.
Why it's wrong
The stem shows Mary operating the premises through employees and taking the net profits against the debt.
14946_emmaus_lantern_mortgagee · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice BPeter, because the mortgage did not expressly authorize Mary to take possession when her security was threatened.
Why it's attractive
The choice adds an express-authorization requirement that the stem and taught rule do not make decisive.
Why it's wrong
The choice adds an express-authorization requirement that the stem and taught rule do not make decisive.
14946_emmaus_lantern_mortgagee · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice DMary, because the state is not a title-theory state, so a mortgagee has no title interest but only a lien.
Why it's attractive
The call asks about liability after actual operation, not bare mortgage title.
Why it's wrong
The call asks about liability after actual operation, not bare mortgage title.
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