Future Interest As Present Possession
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
14987_bethany_kiln_yard · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice ARuth, because Paul's will was the last formal expression of where he wanted Bethany Kiln Yard to go.
Why it's attractive
It treats the will as if it can rewrite a present estate that an earlier deed already conveyed.
Why it's wrong
It treats the will as if it can rewrite a present estate that an earlier deed already conveyed.
14987_bethany_kiln_yard · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice BBarnabas, because Lydia's estate ended at Paul's death and Paul had retained only a reversion in fee simple to pass by will.
Why it's attractive
It uses the reversion label but makes it possessory before Lydia's life estate ends.
Why it's wrong
It uses the reversion label but makes it possessory before Lydia's life estate ends.
14987_bethany_kiln_yard · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice DRuth, because Lydia's life estate was measured by Paul's life and ended when Paul died.
Why it's attractive
The deed names Lydia's natural life, but this choice measures the estate by Paul's life.
Why it's wrong
The deed names Lydia's natural life, but this choice measures the estate by Paul's life.
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