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MBE Bar Exam Questions Answers Updated
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A State A citizen filed a civil action against a State B citizen in a State B state court. The
action arose from events that took place in State C. State C has only one federal district
court (the District of State C). State B has two, the Northern District of State B and the
Southern District of State B. The State B citizen resides in the Southern District of State B,
while the state court action filed by the State A citizen is pending in a court located in the
Northern District of State B.
If the State B citizen wishes to remove the action to federal district court, in which federal
district should the State B citizen file a notice of removal? - answer✔The Northern District
of State B only.
A child was severely injured at an amusement park when she was ejected from a ride that
went slightly off its track. The ride malfunctioned as a result of a manufacturer's defect,
but had the child been properly secured in the ride's seatbelt by one of the ride operators,
she would not have been injured. The child was unable to identify which ride operator
improperly buckled her in.
In the child's suit against the amusement park, who will win? - answer✔The child will win,
because a ride operator failed to use reasonable care in securing the seatbelt.
A yoga instructor entered into a valid written contract with a builder to construct a large
yoga studio on some land she owned outside of town. She agreed to pay the builder
$150,000 upon completion of the job. As work progressed, and due to substantial
increased building costs, the yoga instructor and the builder orally agreed that the builder
may omit installation of the koi pond planned for the atrium (saving the builder $1,000),
and that the contract price would be reduced to $149,500. The builder completed the job
(minus the koi pond) in reliance thereon.
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What would most courts likely hold this subsequent oral agreement to be? - answer✔An
enforceable contract.
A landowner devised her home "to my daughter for life, then to the eldest survivor of her
two children, my grandson and granddaughter, for life, remainder to the eldest surviving
offspring of the two grandchildren who is alive at the death of the last life tenant." After the
landowner's death, the daughter lived in the family home for 15 years. Upon the daughter's
death, both of her children were alive, so the home passed to the grandson, the eldest. He
lived in the house for three years, and then conveyed it to the city historical society, which
converted it into its headquarters and museum. Eight years later, the grandson died. At the
time of his death, he was survived by his widow, his two sons, the granddaughter, and the
granddaughter's daughter, who was the eldest of the niece and nephews. Four years after
the grandson's death, the granddaughter's daughter brought an action for ejectment and to
quiet title again - answer✔For the granddaughter's daughter, because the society has not
been in adverse possession for the requisite period.
A man was tried in state court for possession of heroin. The prosecution offered in
evidence five rolled-up toy balloons containing heroin, which police officers had found on
a table in the man's apartment. At a hearing on the defense's motion to suppress,
testimony was presented that established that the police had put the apartment under
surveillance and had watched a police informant go to the door of the apartment, hand
four balloons of heroin to the man, and leave. The police had then knocked on the
apartment door, identified themselves as police officers, and demanded entrance. Having
heard nothing for 30 seconds, the police had then broken down the door and entered the
apartment, discovering the heroin. The police had intended to arrest the man for the
purchase of heroin, a felony. When they had gotten inside the apartment, they discovered
that the man had left by a back exit. He was later arrested at the near - answer✔Reverse
the conviction on the ground that the man's Fourth Amendment rights (as applied to the
states by the Fourteenth Amendment) have been violated.
A passenger in a vehicle that was struck by another car sued the other car's driver,
claiming that the collision severely injured his right leg. The defendant claimed that the
plaintiff's leg injury resulted from an earlier, unrelated industrial accident. At trial, after
having testified to his pain from the injury allegedly caused by the defendant, the plaintiff
called as a witness the physician who treated him. The physician offers to testify that the
plaintiff told him that his earlier leg problems had completely cleared up before the alleged
injury caused by the defendant.
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MBE Bar Exam Questions Answers Updated
2024/2025
A State A citizen filed a civil action against a State B citizen in a State B state court. The
action arose from events that took place in State C. State C has only one federal district
court (the District of State C). State B has two, the Northern District of State B and the
Southern District of State B. The State B citizen resides in the Southern District of State B,
while the state court action filed by the State A citizen is pending in a court located in the
Northern District of State B.
If the State B citizen wishes to remove the action to federal district court, in which federal
district should the State B citizen file a notice of removal? - answer✔The Northern District
of State B only.
A child was severely injured at an amusement park when she was ejected from a ride that
went slightly off its track. The ride malfunctioned as a result of a manufacturer's defect,
but had the child been properly secured in the ride's seatbelt by one of the ride operators,
she would not have been injured. The child was unable to identify which ride operator
improperly buckled her in.
In the child's suit against the amusement park, who will win? - answer✔The child will win,
because a ride operator failed to use reasonable care in securing the seatbelt.
A yoga instructor entered into a valid written contract with a builder to construct a large
yoga studio on some land she owned outside of town. She agreed to pay the builder
$150,000 upon completion of the job. As work progressed, and due to substantial
increased building costs, the yoga instructor and the builder orally agreed that the builder
may omit installation of the koi pond planned for the atrium (saving the builder $1,000),
and that the contract price would be reduced to $149,500. The builder completed the job
(minus the koi pond) in reliance thereon.
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What would most courts likely hold this subsequent oral agreement to be? - answer✔An
enforceable contract.
A landowner devised her home "to my daughter for life, then to the eldest survivor of her
two children, my grandson and granddaughter, for life, remainder to the eldest surviving
offspring of the two grandchildren who is alive at the death of the last life tenant." After the
landowner's death, the daughter lived in the family home for 15 years. Upon the daughter's
death, both of her children were alive, so the home passed to the grandson, the eldest. He
lived in the house for three years, and then conveyed it to the city historical society, which
converted it into its headquarters and museum. Eight years later, the grandson died. At the
time of his death, he was survived by his widow, his two sons, the granddaughter, and the
granddaughter's daughter, who was the eldest of the niece and nephews. Four years after
the grandson's death, the granddaughter's daughter brought an action for ejectment and to
quiet title again - answer✔For the granddaughter's daughter, because the society has not
been in adverse possession for the requisite period.
A man was tried in state court for possession of heroin. The prosecution offered in
evidence five rolled-up toy balloons containing heroin, which police officers had found on
a table in the man's apartment. At a hearing on the defense's motion to suppress,
testimony was presented that established that the police had put the apartment under
surveillance and had watched a police informant go to the door of the apartment, hand
four balloons of heroin to the man, and leave. The police had then knocked on the
apartment door, identified themselves as police officers, and demanded entrance. Having
heard nothing for 30 seconds, the police had then broken down the door and entered the
apartment, discovering the heroin. The police had intended to arrest the man for the
purchase of heroin, a felony. When they had gotten inside the apartment, they discovered
that the man had left by a back exit. He was later arrested at the near - answer✔Reverse
the conviction on the ground that the man's Fourth Amendment rights (as applied to the
states by the Fourteenth Amendment) have been violated.
A passenger in a vehicle that was struck by another car sued the other car's driver,
claiming that the collision severely injured his right leg. The defendant claimed that the
plaintiff's leg injury resulted from an earlier, unrelated industrial accident. At trial, after
having testified to his pain from the injury allegedly caused by the defendant, the plaintiff
called as a witness the physician who treated him. The physician offers to testify that the
plaintiff told him that his earlier leg problems had completely cleared up before the alleged
injury caused by the defendant.
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