This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II ARTICLES LOST AND POUND (Continued)-- HELPING IN UNLOADING AND RELOADING ANIMAL INTRODUCTION TPHE principle of law, that a person upon * finding a lost article may convert the same to his own use, is based solely upon the theory known in Jewish jurisprudence as abandonment; i. e., the loser ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II ARTICLES LOST AND POUND (Continued)-- HELPING IN UNLOADING AND RELOADING ANIMAL INTRODUCTION TPHE principle of law, that a person upon * finding a lost article may convert the same to his own use, is based solely upon the theory known in Jewish jurisprudence as abandonment; i. e., the loser despaired of ever regaining the article he had lost, and consequently he renounced his right of ownership. In the eyes of the law, it is therefore considered an article which has no owner, a thing in a state of nature, and the one who obtains possession thereof in priority to others acquires title thereto by means of such occupancy. Abandonment by an owner of a lost article may be either express or implied. It is express when the owner was distinctly heard to despair of ever regaining it. It is implied when from the circumstances of the case or from the condition of the lost article it can be inferred that the last proprietor thereof has despaired of it; e. g., either when the article thus found has no particular marks by means of which the owner thereof is able to identify it and thus regain possession; i. e., the article is one of a certain kind making it impossible for one to be distinguished from the other; or when the place wherein the article was found cannot be pointed out with certainty by the owner; when it is a public thoroughfare, where probably the article has been lying for some length of time and has been moved about from place to place by passers-by. Consequently the owner cannot point out to the finder the exact spot where the article was found by him. When either of the above named conditions exists, it is implied that the owner despaired of ever regaining his property, being aware of the fact that he will be unable to...
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