Bart is paralegal working for the Law Office of Lisa Simpson. Ms. Simpson is handling a real estate case that involves a farmer who sold a forty-acre parcel from the northeast quarter of the farmer's 160-acre farm. As Ms. Simpson is drafting a motion, she asks Bart to find cases with facts similar to the facts of this case. Which of the following cases is most analogous to the farmer's case?
A)A case in which a car dealership sold one-half of its inventory of new cars to a dealer in the southern part of the state.
B)A case in which two persons owned real estate as tenants-in-common, and one person owned a one-quarter interest and the other person owned a three-quarters interest.
C)A case in which a person obtained ownership of a quarter section of a 160-acre woodland after residing on the quarter section for 15 years.
D)A case in which a woman paid a landowner for the right to build and maintain a road over the western-most portion of the landowner's land.

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A case in which a car dealership sold one-half of its inventory of new cars to a dealer in the southern part of the state. The best way to answer this question is by process of elimination. Neither Answer B nor Answer C is analogous because neither case involves a sale of any property. Answer D is not as analogous as Answer A because Answer D, although it involves a purchase, does not involve the purchase of all interest in the western-most portion of the land (the woman purchased an easement). Answer A is the most analogous because, although it involves personal property, it also involves the purchase of all interest in one-half of the inventory-just as the sale of the forty-acre parcel was a complete transfer of all interest.

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