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somuchbooty wrote:Hey guys, does anyone mind sharing their overall percentage on the mixed MBE's? I have done several now and I'm starting to feel like the mixed MBE's are easier but would like some evidence proving or disproving. Remember, sharing is caring.

somuchbooty wrote:Hey guys, does anyone mind sharing their overall percentage on the mixed MBE's? I have done several now and I'm starting to feel like the mixed MBE's are easier but would like some evidence proving or disproving. Remember, sharing is caring.

healthnut wrote:I don't know how helpful filling out handouts over and over again in aid of memorization is for you, but it's very helpful for me. I've created some decent handouts that I plan to do over and over until we can finally call it a day. So far I have only done MBE subjects. If you're interested, please see my dropbox below. Good luck and enjoy!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dec2k4tm6hik ... Qd2Ja?dl=0

somuchbooty wrote:Hey guys, does anyone mind sharing their overall percentage on the mixed MBE's? I have done several now and I'm starting to feel like the mixed MBE's are easier but would like some evidence proving or disproving. Remember, sharing is caring.

smalogna wrote:

Ahyis wrote:

Confused7 wrote:

smalogna wrote:

Ahyis wrote:That simulated NY MC test... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA screw you. The scale better be +10...

Agreed the average made me feel a bit better about my TERRIBLE score but not much, at least it's only 10%??????

In other news, anyone notice that Themis is incorrect with their timing? They gave 75 minutes for the MC and 135 minutes for the three essays. We only have 3 hours and 15 minutes in the morning. Though each individual essay was timed as 40 minutes. THOUGH THE NY ESSAY WORKSHOP LECTURE SAID SPEND 45 MINUTES ON THE ESSAYS AND ONLY 60 MINUTES (LOL!) ON THE MC. WHICH ONE IS IT?!!?!



....yes i'm losing it.

What was the average multiple choice score? I'm going to start it now.

It's 43% right now (lol at 60% goal) - I got 40%, which is awful, but then again that's like 1.5 questions below average so...

I got 40 as well.

somuchbooty wrote:Hey guys, does anyone mind sharing their overall percentage on the mixed MBE's? I have done several now and I'm starting to feel like the mixed MBE's are easier but would like some evidence proving or disproving. Remember, sharing is caring.

Ahyis wrote:

somuchbooty wrote:Hey guys, does anyone mind sharing their overall percentage on the mixed MBE's? I have done several now and I'm starting to feel like the mixed MBE's are easier but would like some evidence proving or disproving. Remember, sharing is caring.

I've done 11 mixed sets so far - just straight mean percentage is 65% over mixed sets. Meh. At least I'm consistent. Never dipped below 60 (knock on wood) and only gotten 70% or above twice.


Also: Those New York essays today... way to test on like 4+ distinctions in each essay where before I think I've maybe seen 1-2 per essay.

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Fifty years ago, the owner of a large tract of land in Town began conveying parcels with restrictive covenants to limit development on this land to single-family homes. Plaintiff and Defendant are the current owners of several of the lots that are subject to covenants in a deed within the chain of title, duly recorded, prohibiting "any building except single-family homes." Defendant leased his lot to a cell phone company, which received a permit from Town to construct a cell phone tower on one of the lots. Plaintiff sought an injunction based on the restrictive covenants. How should the court rule?

Answer Choices:
A) For Plaintiff because the cell phone tower violated the restrictive covenant.
B) For Defendant because Town, a governmental entity, has authority to override the enforceability of a covenant.
C) For Plaintiff unless Town demonstrates that the site is the best for ensuring the clearest and most wide-ranging service.
D) For Defendant because violation of a restrictive covenant entitles Plaintiff only to monetary damages.

Correct Answer:
For Plaintiff because the cell phone tower violated the restrictive covenant.

I thought a restrictive covenant was a real covenant, for which you can only sue for damages. Equitable servitudes allow injunctions. What comes under the umbrella of a restrictive covenant then?

Confused7 wrote:I'm stumped on this multiple choice Q from today.

[+] Spoiler

Fifty years ago, the owner of a large tract of land in Town began conveying parcels with restrictive covenants to limit development on this land to single-family homes. Plaintiff and Defendant are the current owners of several of the lots that are subject to covenants in a deed within the chain of title, duly recorded, prohibiting "any building except single-family homes." Defendant leased his lot to a cell phone company, which received a permit from Town to construct a cell phone tower on one of the lots. Plaintiff sought an injunction based on the restrictive covenants. How should the court rule?

Answer Choices:
A) For Plaintiff because the cell phone tower violated the restrictive covenant.
B) For Defendant because Town, a governmental entity, has authority to override the enforceability of a covenant.
C) For Plaintiff unless Town demonstrates that the site is the best for ensuring the clearest and most wide-ranging service.
D) For Defendant because violation of a restrictive covenant entitles Plaintiff only to monetary damages.

Correct Answer:
For Plaintiff because the cell phone tower violated the restrictive covenant.

I thought a restrictive covenant was a real covenant, for which you can only sue for damages. Equitable servitudes allow injunctions. What comes under the umbrella of a restrictive covenant then?

sp1kedrat wrote:

Confused7 wrote:I'm stumped on this multiple choice Q from today.

[+] Spoiler

Fifty years ago, the owner of a large tract of land in Town began conveying parcels with restrictive covenants to limit development on this land to single-family homes. Plaintiff and Defendant are the current owners of several of the lots that are subject to covenants in a deed within the chain of title, duly recorded, prohibiting "any building except single-family homes." Defendant leased his lot to a cell phone company, which received a permit from Town to construct a cell phone tower on one of the lots. Plaintiff sought an injunction based on the restrictive covenants. How should the court rule?

Answer Choices:
A) For Plaintiff because the cell phone tower violated the restrictive covenant.
B) For Defendant because Town, a governmental entity, has authority to override the enforceability of a covenant.
C) For Plaintiff unless Town demonstrates that the site is the best for ensuring the clearest and most wide-ranging service.
D) For Defendant because violation of a restrictive covenant entitles Plaintiff only to monetary damages.

Correct Answer:
For Plaintiff because the cell phone tower violated the restrictive covenant.

I thought a restrictive covenant was a real covenant, for which you can only sue for damages. Equitable servitudes allow injunctions. What comes under the umbrella of a restrictive covenant then?

I was under the impression that you can get legal and equitable relief under a restrictive covenant, whereas equitable servitudes allow only equitable relief.

kiwi4president wrote:I'm averaging 74% on the mixed sets. I'm done reviewing the substantive law for the MBE and now starting to move onto memorizing rule statements for the state essays. I do plan on doing 50 MBE questions every morning until the test so I don't get rusty.

UnamSanctam wrote:

sp1kedrat wrote:

Confused7 wrote:I'm stumped on this multiple choice Q from today.

[+] Spoiler

Fifty years ago, the owner of a large tract of land in Town began conveying parcels with restrictive covenants to limit development on this land to single-family homes. Plaintiff and Defendant are the current owners of several of the lots that are subject to covenants in a deed within the chain of title, duly recorded, prohibiting "any building except single-family homes." Defendant leased his lot to a cell phone company, which received a permit from Town to construct a cell phone tower on one of the lots. Plaintiff sought an injunction based on the restrictive covenants. How should the court rule?

Answer Choices:
A) For Plaintiff because the cell phone tower violated the restrictive covenant.
B) For Defendant because Town, a governmental entity, has authority to override the enforceability of a covenant.
C) For Plaintiff unless Town demonstrates that the site is the best for ensuring the clearest and most wide-ranging service.
D) For Defendant because violation of a restrictive covenant entitles Plaintiff only to monetary damages.

Correct Answer:
For Plaintiff because the cell phone tower violated the restrictive covenant.

I thought a restrictive covenant was a real covenant, for which you can only sue for damages. Equitable servitudes allow injunctions. What comes under the umbrella of a restrictive covenant then?

I was under the impression that you can get legal and equitable relief under a restrictive covenant, whereas equitable servitudes allow only equitable relief.

Appears so. Page 73 of the outline says that if you establish a real covenant that entitles you to money damages, you can also enforce the covenant as an equitable servitude through injunction.

eloise16 wrote:

kiwi4president wrote:I'm averaging 74% on the mixed sets. I'm done reviewing the substantive law for the MBE and now starting to move onto memorizing rule statements for the state essays. I do plan on doing 50 MBE questions every morning until the test so I don't get rusty.

What is your secret!?

Confused7 wrote:

UnamSanctam wrote:

sp1kedrat wrote:

Confused7 wrote:I'm stumped on this multiple choice Q from today.

[+] Spoiler

Fifty years ago, the owner of a large tract of land in Town began conveying parcels with restrictive covenants to limit development on this land to single-family homes. Plaintiff and Defendant are the current owners of several of the lots that are subject to covenants in a deed within the chain of title, duly recorded, prohibiting "any building except single-family homes." Defendant leased his lot to a cell phone company, which received a permit from Town to construct a cell phone tower on one of the lots. Plaintiff sought an injunction based on the restrictive covenants. How should the court rule?

Answer Choices:
A) For Plaintiff because the cell phone tower violated the restrictive covenant.
B) For Defendant because Town, a governmental entity, has authority to override the enforceability of a covenant.
C) For Plaintiff unless Town demonstrates that the site is the best for ensuring the clearest and most wide-ranging service.
D) For Defendant because violation of a restrictive covenant entitles Plaintiff only to monetary damages.

Correct Answer:
For Plaintiff because the cell phone tower violated the restrictive covenant.

I thought a restrictive covenant was a real covenant, for which you can only sue for damages. Equitable servitudes allow injunctions. What comes under the umbrella of a restrictive covenant then?

I was under the impression that you can get legal and equitable relief under a restrictive covenant, whereas equitable servitudes allow only equitable relief.

Appears so. Page 73 of the outline says that if you establish a real covenant that entitles you to money damages, you can also enforce the covenant as an equitable servitude through injunction.

Thanks guys. I'm doing this out of town and don't have the actual book with me, but I can't seem to find it using Control F on the outline. So BOTH real covenants and equitable servitudes are real covenants? I think I'm just missing the terminology.

Confused7 wrote:

UnamSanctam wrote:

sp1kedrat wrote:

Confused7 wrote:I'm stumped on this multiple choice Q from today.

[+] Spoiler

Fifty years ago, the owner of a large tract of land in Town began conveying parcels with restrictive covenants to limit development on this land to single-family homes. Plaintiff and Defendant are the current owners of several of the lots that are subject to covenants in a deed within the chain of title, duly recorded, prohibiting "any building except single-family homes." Defendant leased his lot to a cell phone company, which received a permit from Town to construct a cell phone tower on one of the lots. Plaintiff sought an injunction based on the restrictive covenants. How should the court rule?

Answer Choices:
A) For Plaintiff because the cell phone tower violated the restrictive covenant.
B) For Defendant because Town, a governmental entity, has authority to override the enforceability of a covenant.
C) For Plaintiff unless Town demonstrates that the site is the best for ensuring the clearest and most wide-ranging service.
D) For Defendant because violation of a restrictive covenant entitles Plaintiff only to monetary damages.

Correct Answer:
For Plaintiff because the cell phone tower violated the restrictive covenant.

I thought a restrictive covenant was a real covenant, for which you can only sue for damages. Equitable servitudes allow injunctions. What comes under the umbrella of a restrictive covenant then?

I was under the impression that you can get legal and equitable relief under a restrictive covenant, whereas equitable servitudes allow only equitable relief.

Appears so. Page 73 of the outline says that if you establish a real covenant that entitles you to money damages, you can also enforce the covenant as an equitable servitude through injunction.

Thanks guys. I'm doing this out of town and don't have the actual book with me, but I can't seem to find it using Control F on the outline. So BOTH real covenants and equitable servitudes are real covenants? I think I'm just missing the terminology.

Pleasye wrote:

Confused7 wrote:

UnamSanctam wrote:

sp1kedrat wrote:

Confused7 wrote:I'm stumped on this multiple choice Q from today.

[+] Spoiler

Fifty years ago, the owner of a large tract of land in Town began conveying parcels with restrictive covenants to limit development on this land to single-family homes. Plaintiff and Defendant are the current owners of several of the lots that are subject to covenants in a deed within the chain of title, duly recorded, prohibiting "any building except single-family homes." Defendant leased his lot to a cell phone company, which received a permit from Town to construct a cell phone tower on one of the lots. Plaintiff sought an injunction based on the restrictive covenants. How should the court rule?

Answer Choices:
A) For Plaintiff because the cell phone tower violated the restrictive covenant.
B) For Defendant because Town, a governmental entity, has authority to override the enforceability of a covenant.
C) For Plaintiff unless Town demonstrates that the site is the best for ensuring the clearest and most wide-ranging service.
D) For Defendant because violation of a restrictive covenant entitles Plaintiff only to monetary damages.

Correct Answer:
For Plaintiff because the cell phone tower violated the restrictive covenant.

I thought a restrictive covenant was a real covenant, for which you can only sue for damages. Equitable servitudes allow injunctions. What comes under the umbrella of a restrictive covenant then?

I was under the impression that you can get legal and equitable relief under a restrictive covenant, whereas equitable servitudes allow only equitable relief.

Appears so. Page 73 of the outline says that if you establish a real covenant that entitles you to money damages, you can also enforce the covenant as an equitable servitude through injunction.

Thanks guys. I'm doing this out of town and don't have the actual book with me, but I can't seem to find it using Control F on the outline. So BOTH real covenants and equitable servitudes are real covenants? I think I'm just missing the terminology.

If something is a Real Covenant then it is an Equitable Servitude (because ES has all of the elements of a RC except one). A restrictive covenant is a promise that burdens the land, it can be enforced either as a real covenant via damages or as an equitable servitude via an injunction (provided you meet all of the elements).

Pickled wrote:

healthnut wrote:I don't know how helpful filling out handouts over and over again in aid of memorization is for you, but it's very helpful for me. I've created some decent handouts that I plan to do over and over until we can finally call it a day. So far I have only done MBE subjects. If you're interested, please see my dropbox below. Good luck and enjoy!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dec2k4tm6hik ... Qd2Ja?dl=0

I love you and would send you all the money if I had any.

Thanks!

somuchbooty wrote:Hey guys, does anyone mind sharing their overall percentage on the mixed MBE's? I have done several now and I'm starting to feel like the mixed MBE's are easier but would like some evidence proving or disproving. Remember, sharing is caring.