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PRINCIPLES:

Whoever finds an unattended object can keep it unless the true owner claims that object. This does not affect the property owner՚s right to the ownership of the property on which the object is found. The right to ownership of a property does not include the right to ownership of unattended objects on that property.

FACTS: Elizabeth is the CEO of global management Services Company in Chennai and is on her way to Ranchi to deliver the convocation address at India՚s leading business school on the outskirts of Ranchi. Flying business class on Dolphin Airlines, she is entitled to use the lounge owned by the airline in Chennai Airport while waiting for her flight. She finds a diamond earring on the floor of the lounge and gives it to the staff of Dolphin Airlines expressly stating that in the event of nobody claiming the earring within six months, she would claim it back. The airline sells the earring after eight months and Elizabeth files a case to recover the value of the earring from the airline when she is informed about its sale.

Question 8 (1 of 3 Based on Passage)

Appeared in Year: 2011

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As a judge you would order that:

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Choice (4)Response

a.

The airline must compensate Elizabeth because owning the lounge does not give the airline the right over all things that might be found on it.

b.

Elizabeth is not entitled to compensation because the earring was found on the property of the airline and therefore, the airline is entitled to sell it.

c.

The airline must compensate Elizabeth because while accepting the earring from Elizabeth they had agreed to return it if nobody claimed it within six months.

d.

Elizabeth is not entitled to compensation because she did not claim the earring after the expiry of six months and the airline waited for a couple more months before selling it.

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Question 9 (2 of 3 Based on Passage)

Appeared in Year: 2011

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Assume how that Elizabeth was only an economy class passenger and was not entitled to use the airline՚s lounge. However, she manages to gain entry and finds the earring in the lounge. The rest of the above facts remain the same. Will her illegal entry into the Lounge affect Elizabeth՚s right to keep the earring (or be compensated for its value) ?

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Cannot be determined as we need to know how Elizabeth was able to access the airline՚s lounge.

b.

Yes, the airline claims that Elizabeth՚s entry into the lounge was illegal and therefore she has no right over anything she found there

c.

No, because Elizabeth՚s class of travel has no bearing on the outcome in this case

d.

None of the above

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