Questions from Business Law

Q: The Marglin family moved from Indianapolis to New York and rented an

The Marglin family moved from Indianapolis to New York and rented an apartment smaller than the one they had left. Marglin arranged to have the excess furniture stored at Global Transportation and Sto...

Q: Knight purchased an apartment building that was occupied by tenants Hallsthammer,

Knight purchased an apartment building that was occupied by tenants Hallsthammer, Decaprio, and Breit. The day after acquiring the building, Knight informed the tenants that their rent was being incre...

Q: An intruder entered through a window and raped McCutchen in her apartment

An intruder entered through a window and raped McCutchen in her apartment. McCutchen sued the landlord, Ten Associates, for failure to provide adequate security and failure to warn her of the risk of...

Q: Harmon, the owner of a suburban house, rented it for

Harmon, the owner of a suburban house, rented it for one year to Wagner and his wife, who had just moved into the city from another state. Two months after moving into the house, the Wagners divorced,...

Q: Corbin was named as executor in his father’s will. While going

Corbin was named as executor in his father’s will. While going through his late father’s papers, he discovered a promissory note made by Fulsom in the amount of $10,000 that reflected a personal loan...

Q: Aversa, the personal representative of her late father’s estate, was

Aversa, the personal representative of her late father’s estate, was presented with evidence that there was still $12,000 owing on his automobile. Rather than have the car repossessed, she borrowed $6...

Q: Can common law and statutory law operate side by side? What

Can common law and statutory law operate side by side? What are the advantages of each?

Q: The trustees of a labor union pension fund delivered various stocks and

The trustees of a labor union pension fund delivered various stocks and bonds to a bank under an agreement that provided that the bank would act as the trustees’ agent in investing the fund’s assets....

Q: Before Dora Diggs, a widow, died, she left a

Before Dora Diggs, a widow, died, she left a handwritten document that read, “I want Tom R. Preston and Mattie Price to be the administrators (executors) to settle my estate.” Following this she liste...

Q: Calvin Designer Label developed a website using the terms Playboy and Playmate

Calvin Designer Label developed a website using the terms Playboy and Playmate to direct users to the site. Calvin also used both terms in the body of its web pages to which users were directed. Playb...