Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-15
AnE FINnINa, KELpING,I
THE LtUAL SIDE 20 iHE QUESTION o.
owNEHsHu ~ LOST ARTICLES
WIN POUND.

lltNiNf t.nl liil'AI
The EnulHg OF concealed wealth 10
row an event Of rare occurrence, sx-
ospti In taHs Of romance aud advcu'
tufe. It was orc uot uucOmmJu. ful
wueu oisiizaIuu was cumpsrauV.! D.
rude, 5000 tue wayt ~ ktrpiuE Nhu.
auirs i'm ,efuu., tue marin was b.
iav0fitu uidlug place ior ueA'ute 3
espto ally in times Ut war Or luvasi0 d.
Jhe title Of suuu vsiuaDies wen lis
covered has uern Uiien tue subject %.
dispute. Money gUlJi silver of p'att
found hiIdun ~ the EARN Of go D.
secret tlaus ID tefmtd tftatufuifDvt--
from tue French tOuvtr, 10 hna' nu,t
trrasufr, AccOfuIng 10 the Law OF Bug
land, was the opufty VI the king,anu
~ tnis country, strictly speaking, one,
belonged ~ tie state ~ winch it wur
found; hut the title Of the slate has D b.,
for n igug Time, u even been strongly
asserted against i0tiunnie nndrr
Lost Articles VI value i0unu upon the
surface VI the eartn, OF Boz the sus, are,
~ lar a. concerns every one bus the
owner, the property " tbs one who
fnda them. II they are aitetwafd
takeu from him by another, the Under
can reclaim them "a u no were the
owner.
A chimney sweopef's boy, living
In England more than 100 years ago,
had the fortune TO find level VI
unusual value. Ito took II 10 gold.
smith, who, after Looking Rt an
weighing n, tried 10 GUY Il from the
hoy for a tritiing sum. This lad feiu'
Ing the offer, the goldsmith returned
to him tue setting, but would not give
back ihc gem.
Upon the trial Of an action brought
by the boy against the goldsmith, the
value uf the Jewel was concealed by
the goldtmith, and be was directed by
the cgurl 10 pay tue boy the price Of
the finest jewel which could be lifted
" the setting. THIS incident resulted
la settling forever the right OF n Hinder
10 the possession OF bis findings.
In order 20 give the finder such
claim, however, the article must have
been truly its. IL II has been simply
mislaij on put In a particular place by
the owner aBd leit there through his
cAreltssutss, II 10 not legally lost.
A lady who leaves her rurse on the
counter OF shop where she has been
trading cannot be said 10 have lost ",
and n the purse 10 AiIefwArd picked up
by another the proprietor Of the shop
IL said TO have a better right to hOli II
than the one who found H..
But n the purse had been accidental.
ly dropped on tue door Of the promises
aud aitefward found there by Gus.
toner, that would have heed real case
OF losing, and the customef-if the
owner cannot bef0uni-wUuld nave a.
muoh right 10 keep tue purse as n he
had found Il Ia the street
In order 10 be fiudcr one must be-
aware that he has the thing ia hi.
Possession, and he must show an Ia.
ttnllon Of keeping II.
The purchaser Oi an old secretary fT
bureau sometimes tlnds put away 10
secret drawer money or jewels long
forgotten. 70 whom do they belongG
Too seller did not know that they were
there, aud showed no Intention OF
Claiming them when the furniture war
In his POSSESSION. They cannot, there
Tore, belong TO him, but are righty
claimed by the person who met dis.
sewers them, whether he be the Iut.
chaser, a servant, or any QUE else vino
IL not a trespassvr.
To keep what oue has found IL not
an ahsJlutH but q special right whiun
the true owner may dispute by Je-
mAnding his pfopsriy anu proving hi.
claim 10 lt 10 this reasonable satisfaction
OF the person VINO hOlus %.
When tue owner has offered a deiin.
lie reward the nuder may keep the lost
article until the reward u paid to him.
But he canno demand n reward where
none IL offered, nor can he mold the lost
property As security tor any expense
incurred IN Rueping n, though be would
be- entitled to DO paid by tho owner Tor
such outlay.
One who ia 80 fortunate a. TO fiud
what belongs to smother must always
act honestly aud with what the iaN
calls good faith toward the owner.
II, at the time VI fiuding he kuow',
OF has the meana OF knowing, Or be-
lievos no eau nud out VINO the owner
10, aud makes no effort 10 discover
him, but Intentionally KEEPS OF Ills.
poses VI the lost property, the law 70.
CARDS him "A no better taau tnief.
On tue other hanu, n tho owner doei
not appear, tue hinder acq1 res NJ com,
mon law, an absolute titls 10 the thiup
found, though by statute some Of the
states have Ia various ways limited
and regulated tho gaming Of such o
title.