February 2025 MEE Sample Questions - Question 1 - Agency and Partnership

Sep 21, 2026

Multistate Essay Examination February 2025 sample questions focusing on legal analysis through written prompts. Question 1 centers on agency and partnership involving Bill and Nancy’s general partnership operating Comet Fitness, Kim’s purchase of a treadmill at a going-out-of-business sale, and Nancy’s later purchase of two touchscreen treadmills over Bill’s objections. The materials test whether Kim had actual or apparent authority and whether Nancy could bind the partnership to the resulting contracts.

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Question 1 - Agency and Partnership

Question 2 - Constitutional Law

Multistate Essay Examination February 2025 MEE Sample Questions Copyright © 2025 by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. All rights reserved. Multistate Essay Examination February 2025 MEE Question 1 Agency and Partnership Copyright © 2025 by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. All rights reserved. FEBRUARY 2025 MEE QUESTION 1 – AGENCY AND PARTNERSHIP Bill and Nancy recently opened a gym, "Comet Fitness," that they operate as a general partnership. Three blocks from the gym is a sporting-goods store that is having a "goingout-of-business sale" with signs in the store's windows stating that "all sales are final." Bill and Nancy are acquainted with the store owner. Last week, Bill called the store owner and said, "I hope you’ve got some nice treadmills; the gym could use one or more. I'll try to get over there to check them out. The next day, Bill and Nancy ran into Kim, one of Nancy's friends, at a party. Kim is a personal trainer. Nancy had not seen Kim for several months. Nancy told Kim that she and Bill had opened a gym and that Kim should consider coming to work for them as a personal trainer. Kim said that she would think about it and let Nancy know. While Kim was walking away, she heard Bill say to Nancy, "You know, the gym has only five treadmills, but I sure wish it had two more," and heard Nancy reply, "I agree. We desperately need to buy one or two more." The day after the party, Kim, thinking that she might be interested in the trainer job and hoping to impress Bill and Nancy with her initiative, went to the sporting-goods store. Telling the store owner that she was acting on behalf of Comet Fitness, Kim purchased a treadmill and directed the store owner to send the treadmill to Comet Fitness, along with the invoice for the purchase. The store owner agreed to do so. Later that day, Nancy went to the sporting-goods store and purchased two treadmills for the gym. Unlike the treadmill Kim had purchased, these treadmills had built-in video touchscreens and were similar to the ones that Nancy had previously purchased for Comet Fitness. Nancy told the store owner to have the treadmills delivered to Comet Fitness along with an invoice for the purchase. When Nancy returned to the gym, she told Bill that she had bought two treadmills for the business. Bill became furious and said,"You had no right to do that without first consulting me. You should have made sure that I was with you when you bought them to make sure I'd like what you were buying. I’ll return them tomorrow after they arrive unless I like what I see." The following day, three treadmills arrived at the gym. When Bill and Nancy saw the treadmill purchased by Kim, they told the delivery person, "Take that one back. There must be a mistake—we never bought this." When Bill saw the two treadmills Nancy had bought, he told the delivery person, "Take them back, too; they're nice but not the same color as our other treadmills, and they just won’t fit in." Nancy objected and told the delivery person to leave the two treadmills. The delivery person immediately called the store owner, who said, "Leave them all at the gym. All sales are final. Tell them to pay me what they owe me." 1. Was Kim an agent of Comet Fitness when she purchased the treadmill? Explain. 2. Assuming that Kim was an agent of Comet Fitness, a. did she have actual authority to purchase the treadmill for Comet Fitness? Explain. b. did she have apparent authority to purchase the treadmill for Comet Fitness? Explain. 3. Did Nancy have the authority to bind Comet Fitness to the contract to purchase the two treadmills with the video touchscreens? Explain. Multistate Essay Examination February 2025 MEE Question 2 Constitutional Law Copyright © 2025 by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. All rights reserved. FEBRUARY 2025 MEE QUESTION 2 – CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Town is a small municipality. Main Street is an eight-block public road that runs thro

FAQs

What is the core issue in Question 1 about agency and partnership?

It asks whether Kim was an agent of Comet Fitness when buying a treadmill and, if so, whether she had actual or apparent authority. It also asks whether Nancy had authority to bind the partnership for the two touchscreen treadmills.

How does the scenario address Kim’s actual authority?

The analysis turns on whether Comet Fitness, through Bill or Nancy, gave Kim permission to purchase the treadmill on the partnership’s behalf. Kim’s knowledge and actions after the party are used to evaluate the scope of any granted authority.

Does the scenario address Nancy’s authority to bind the partnership?

Yes. It requires determining whether Nancy could enter or bind the partnership to the contract for two treadmills with video touchscreens, despite Bill’s later claim that she lacked the right to act without consulting him first.

Sep 21, 2026

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