you too could pass the bar

Even you non-j.d.s, even junior high school kids could pass if all the questions were like the following slice of ridiculousness on my practice exam. Just to make it clear just how stupid and annoying this question is, I have highlighted the only pieces of information necessary to answer it.

Question 185 (also known as How to Draw a Rectangle)

Venn entered into a written contract with Purch for the sale of Scrubacre [that's how they name parcels of land, but you don't even have to know that to answer this question], a large tract of land in a sparsely populated area of the state. The contract set forth an accurate metes and bounds [I've never heard the term metes and bounds before, but that doesn't matter either] description of the land based on a survey that Venn had undertaken before putting the property up for sale. At closing, Purch discovered that the deed was incorrectly transcribed and did not agree with the description of the land in the contract. Purch refused to proceed with the closing and brought an action to reform the deed to make it conform to the intention of the parties. The deed described the property to be conveyed as follows:

I. From the southwest corner of Section 25 of Township 2 North, Range 6 West, Cimmaron Base and Meridian, proceed South 45 degrees East 200 feet to the South Basin Irrigation Canal;
II. From that point, proceed South 45 degrees West 100 feet along the Scrub Basin Irrigation Canal to its intersecion with State Highway 11;
III. From that point, proceed North 45 degrees West 200 feet along State Highway 11;
IV. From that point proceed South 45 degrees East 100 feet to the starting point.

Which of the following corrections should be made for the deed to properly describe Scrubacre?

A: Direction I. should be changed to "South 45 degrees East 100 feet."
B: Direction III. should be changed to "North 45 degrees West 100 feet."
C: Direction III. should be changed to "North 45 degrees East 200 feet."
D: Direction IV. should be changed to "North 45 degrees East 100 feet."


criminy.

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