LAW 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nonpossessory Interest In Land, Life Estate, Bailment
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Possession: from finders keepers to aboriginal title. Use and enjoyment to exclusion of others (victoria park) Bailment, licences, and leases (dividing title and possession) Easements and covenants (non-possessory interests in land) Finder has better claim to all but true owner: amory v. delamirie. Even if the finder is a trespasser: bird v. ft francis. Parker v. ba board (1982 ca) finds bracelet in ba executive lounge at heathrow; delivers to ba to hold for true owner; gives ba address in case owner is never found. On november 15, 1978, the plaintiff, alan george parker, had a date with fate - and perhaps with legal immortality. He found himself in the international executive lounge at terminal one, heathrow airport. He also found a gold bracelet lying on the floor. We know very little about the plaintiff, and it would be nice to know more. He was lawfully in the lounge and, as events showed, he was an honest man.
