MisconceptionObserved in bank
Any Other Occupant Subtenant
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
14925_mission_cottage · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice AOnly Barnabas is liable for the full $3,500 on the original lease contract, because Timothy was merely a subtenant with no direct personal liability to Sister Lydia.
Why it's wrong
Choice A is not the credited answer for this item.
14925_mission_cottage · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice BTimothy is liable for $1,400 on privity of estate for the months he occupied the cottage, and Barnabas is liable for the remaining $2,100 on privity of contract and estate for the period after Timothy vacated.
Why it's wrong
Choice B is not the credited answer for this item.
14925_mission_cottage · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice DTimothy is liable for the full $3,500 on privity of estate, and Barnabas is not liable, because Sister Lydia's acceptance of Timothy's rent payments without objection released Barnabas from the original lease.
Why it's wrong
Choice D is not the credited answer for this item.
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