QUESTION 2 Don found a valuable jewel in the street. Unknown to Don, the jewel had jarred loose and fallen from a bracelet belonging to Kate. Don brought the stone to George, a jeweler, and explained how he obtained the jewel. After examining the stone and detemining that it was indeed valuable, George refused to return the jewel to Don. George claimed that Don had no more right to the jewel than had had. In a suit by Don to recover the jewel from George: O a) Don would win and would have good title against George and Kate since he found it on public property O b) Don would win against George, but would lose if Kate challenged his title to the jewel O c) Don would lose against George since George can now claim he found it on his own premises O d) Don would lose against either George or Kate QUESTION 3 Paco put five worn out chairs in the garbage. The chairs are: O a) Lost property O b) Mislaid property O c) Testamentary property O d) Abandoned property

QUESTION 2 Don found a valuable jewel in the street. Unknown to Don, the jewel had jarred loose and fallen from a bracelet belonging to Kate. Don brought the stone to George, a jeweler, and explained how he obtained the jewel. After examining the stone and detemining that it was indeed valuable, George refused to return the jewel to Don. George claimed that Don had no more right to the jewel than had had. In a suit by Don to recover the jewel from George: O a) Don would win and would have good title against George and Kate since he found it on public property O b) Don would win against George, but would lose if Kate challenged his title to the jewel O c) Don would lose against George since George can now claim he found it on his own premises O d) Don would lose against either George or Kate QUESTION 3 Paco put five worn out chairs in the garbage. The chairs are: O a) Lost property O b) Mislaid property O c) Testamentary property O d) Abandoned property

Administration Of Wills/Trusts/ And Estates

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Author:Brown

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Chapter11: The Personal Representative

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