You never lose title to something after is been lost. I can lose a diamond now, and if I can proved 70 years from now its mine, its still my diamond, and whomever has it has to give it back to me.
Not exactly true, depending on whether the diamond in question has been "lost," "misplaced," or "abandoned." If you lost a diamond 70 years ago, unless you have been looking for it persistently for the last 70 years, it would be considered abandoned. For a good example of valuable property and the law of abandonment, look into shipwrecks...
Furthermore, losing/misplacing/abandoning is not the only way to lose title to things (personalty), but that's rather irrelevant here.
Anyway, the details of this particular find are somewhat ambiguous, so the potential ownership of this particular memory stick and the contents thereof are tough to determine.
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You never lose title to something after is been lost. I can lose a diamond now, and if I can proved 70 years from now its mine, its still my diamond, and whomever has it has to give it back to me.
Not exactly true, depending on whether the diamond in question has been "lost," "misplaced," or "abandoned." If you lost a diamond 70 years ago, unless you have been looking for it persistently for the last 70 years, it would be considered abandoned. For a good example of valuable property and the law of abandonment, look into shipwrecks... Furthermore, losing/misplacing/abandoning is not the only way to lose title to things (personalty), but that's rather irrelevant here.
Anyway, the details of this particular find are somewhat ambiguous, so the potential ownership of this particular memory stick and the contents thereof are tough to determine.
~Stally