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A woman was the owner of a farm in fee simple. Thewoman left the farm in 1986 to move to the city. Aman took possession of the land in 1987 as an adversepossessor and remained on the land from 1987 to 1997;he then left the property to care for his sick mother forone year, returning the following year, 1999. The man's nephew agreed to live on the farm and take care of it during his uncle's absence. When the man returned from his mother's home in 1999, he continued in possession until 2010 when the womanbrought an ejectment action. Assume that the statutory period for adverse possession in this state is 20 years. The court would most likely hold that

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  1. the woman was the rightful owner and thus entitled to possess the farm.
  2. the man's nephew was entitled to possession, as he was the one who took care of the farm during the man's absence.
  3. the man was entitled to possession, because of the privity between the man and his nephew, which aided him in fulfilling the required statutory period.
  4. the man was not entitled to possession, as he left the property for a year.
  5. the woman was entitled to possession, because the man had not paid any property taxes.
  6. the man was entitled to possession, because he had lived on the farm for over 20 years.
  7. the woman was entitled to possession, because the man's absence for a year interrupted the continuity of his possession.
  8. the man was entitled to possession, because the woman had abandoned the farm.
  9. the woman was entitled to possession, because the man's intermittent possession was insufficient to make him an adverse possessor.
  10. the man was entitled to possession, because his possession was open, notorious, continuous, and hostile as required for the statutory period.

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