Legal Writing Project 1

Mr. Potbelly holds a garage sale at his home. Mr. Slim Jim stops by the sale and upon noticing a rare piece of art pottery offers a price of $100 for the art that is marked $250. Mr. Potbelly accepts Mr. Slim Jim’s offer. Mr. Potbelly informs Mr. Slim Jim he is selling his home because he is moving up north because he has lost his job. Mr. Slim Jim asks how much he is selling it for and Mr. Potbelly informs him he is thinking $75,000. Mr. Slim Jim offers him $70,000 cash for the property which Mr. Potbelly immediately accepts the offer. Mr. Slim Jim informs Mr. Potbelly that he will be back in one hour with a cashiers’ check made payable to Mr. Potbelly. Mr. Potbelly says “Great!” and that while Mr. Slim Jim

Symmes purchase 300,000 acres of land only public land survey north to south east to west on magnetic

1) Since the injured plaintiff was not wearing a seatbelt, why is Ford being sued for failing to test the seatbelt sleeve?

As Privy Council held in the case of "Wagon Mound (No 1)" that a party can only be held liable for damage that was reasonably foreseeable, the defendant should not be responsible for losses that are ‘too remote’ from the breach. It is obviously that the university could foresee that Brad have to quit his job to finish the degree and also need to pay for the fees.

This letter is to advise you that your tax appeal hearing is coming up on March 6, 2005 at 10:35 a.m. at the Office of the Tax Assessors of Lackawanna County. The office is located on the 5th floor of the County Office Building; 211 Ace Road, Clark, Pennsylvania 18111. Attorney Smith would like to remind you to arrive at the County Office Building at 10:25 a.m. with all of the pictures you have of the comparable houses in your area.

The law allows individuals or companies the use of trade secrets if they have been

This civil court case takes place in a West Virginia school system located in Taylor County, when a general education high school history teacher failed to follow an IEP for Douglas Devart. During the case Devart and his parents Robert and Virginia ended up using aliases by the names of John Doe, Jane Doe and son D.D. Doe as a deterrent from the public so the family would not endure any additional embarrassment, slander, and/or liable regarding the son’s handicap. The defendants of this case were

• Commissioner of State Revenue assessed the sale agreement to stamp duty of approximately 9 million on the basis that the majority of chattels sold were fixtures and fixtures are part of the land under the general law.

     The Keeneland Association on August 29, 1935 purchased 147 1/2 acres of Keene’s property for $130,000 in cash and 10,000 in preferred stock at par value. This beautiful property included a

An old home sat on what is now Lots 32-33. The Browns kept horses on the east side of the property. Located nearby was a circa-1951 horse barn and a water tower for the citrus groves. Mr. Brown also dug out a large pond near clumps of cypress trees.

to fill in a 50­acre mill pond area now known as  Haymarket Square area.  Land

Respondent has realized he is gay and has met a male companion who doesn’t reside with him presently, but someday might. Chastity testified that she feels weird around Respondent’s male companion. Psychologist, Dr.

This particular property is one of the most unique places you can find in southern Indiana. The ranch is approximately 120 acres in size and has a 25 acre, 9-hole par-3 golf course that is surrounded by a grape vineyard that sits closer to the main lodge on the property. There are four main facilities on the property total. These facilities include a main lodge which is a fully restored and

1. The issue is whether public school officials have the authority to perform strip searches of students in suspicion of hiding illegal drugs.

The 14th Amendment states: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.