A lessor discovers that the lessee abandoned the leased property some weeks earlier. In that time,
vermin infests the property. The lessor empties the place of all of the lessee's possessions and destroys
those items that cannot be sanitized to rid the property of the vermin. When the lessee seeks damages
to recover the cost of replace the lessee's destroy possessions, the lessor most likely will raise the
defense of
A) private necessity B) statute of limitations
C) public necessity D) mistake
A
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The doctrine of stare decisis et non quieta movera means:
A) stand by precedents. B) update your laws. C) advance the law to fit societal needs. D) make decisions quickly.
Unseasonably high flooding threatens to engulf a car on the street. The defendant breaks the car's
window and hot wires it to drive it to higher ground, safe from the flooding. If the owner of the car sues the defendant for the cost of repairing the broken window, the defendant will A) avoid liability due to private necessity B) have to pay to replace the window C) avoid liability because of a mistake of fact D) avoid liability due to a public necessity
Defense attorneys should not accept so many cases that they cannot give each client effective representation.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A corporation comes into existence when the state government issues a(n):
a. incorporator b. charter c. de jure corporation d. stock certificate