(October 22, 2020 at 2:53 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:(October 22, 2020 at 2:44 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Great analogy. I agree. Yes, I did a stupid thing. But just like the car, no reasonable person would assume that it is ok to take the car because the keys were left in it. Money still hanging partially in the ATM is akin to leaving the keys in the ignition with the door unlocked.
And you have a government issued title in your name for that cash?
No?
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Not the same thing, dufus.....
You leave money laying about in a public space - it's not really yours anymore...
Yes, it IS his money. Simply because dollars are fungible doesn’t mean that lost ones are free for the taking.
Finding property that someone else has lost may grant possessive rights, it doesn’t necessarily grant ownership.
Boru
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