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BMW Z1:

--- Quote from: shmokes on December 14, 2007, 09:24:26 am ---Legally, she doesn't owe him anything.  He was a licensee on her property.  She owes him whatever their contract says she owes him and nothing more.  If I were in her position I would be inclined to give him a finders fee, but I don't know whether it would be more than 10%.  He did "find" it, but not on his own volition.  Opening up the wall was, presumably, her idea.  His honesty is commendable, but if I drop my wallet and some nice person picks it up and says, "Excuse me sir, you dropped this," I don't think that he is entitled to nearly half my money just because he could have stolen all of it.

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But it wasnt something she had lost! it wasnt hers in the first place. I think the judge should give it all to charity.

billf:

--- Quote from: BMW Z1 on December 14, 2007, 06:45:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: shmokes on December 14, 2007, 09:24:26 am ---Legally, she doesn't owe him anything.  He was a licensee on her property.  She owes him whatever their contract says she owes him and nothing more.  If I were in her position I would be inclined to give him a finders fee, but I don't know whether it would be more than 10%.  He did "find" it, but not on his own volition.  Opening up the wall was, presumably, her idea.  His honesty is commendable, but if I drop my wallet and some nice person picks it up and says, "Excuse me sir, you dropped this," I don't think that he is entitled to nearly half my money just because he could have stolen all of it.

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But it wasnt something she had lost! it wasnt hers in the first place. I think the judge should give it all to charity.

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What???  That's insane!  She owns the house for crying out loud!  Its hers.  Under your reasoning, any long lost treasures found anywhere should be given to charity??  What about the people who dive for treasure on sunken pirate ships?  What about King Tuts tomb?

Dartful Dodger:

--- Quote from: billf on December 14, 2007, 06:50:33 pm ---What???  That's insane!  She owns the house for crying out loud!  Its hers.  Under your reasoning, any long lost treasures found anywhere should be given to charity??  What about the people who dive for treasure on sunken pirate ships?  What about King Tuts tomb?

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They were friends.  So was this a job he was doing or a favor. 

If you volunteer to clean up a private lot and you find a 20 dollar bill, is it yours or the lot owners?

billf:

--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on December 14, 2007, 07:21:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: billf on December 14, 2007, 06:50:33 pm ---What???  That's insane!  She owns the house for crying out loud!  Its hers.  Under your reasoning, any long lost treasures found anywhere should be given to charity??  What about the people who dive for treasure on sunken pirate ships?  What about King Tuts tomb?

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They were friends.  So was this a job he was doing or a favor. 

If you volunteer to clean up a private lot and you find a 20 dollar bill, is it yours or the lot owners?


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It doesn't say they were friends, it said they were classmates.  I think if this was a favor it would have been mentioned in the article.  Finding a $20 bill is a whole lot different than finding the amount that was found in the situation.  But in your question, yes the $20 bill is the lot owners.

shmokes:
The $20 bill belongs to the owner.  Realistically, I'd probably pocket the $20 if I was volunteering to clean up some random lot.  But legally, it's the lot owner's.

Whether he was a business invitee or a social licensee, he can't walk away with stuff he finds on her property.

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