COUCH v. SCHLEY

No. 3205.

272 S.W.2d 171 (1954)

A. M. COUCH, Appellant, v. Jack A. SCHLEY, Sr., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. Wren, Hamilton, for appellant.

H. J. Cureton, Jr., Meridian, for appellee.


HALE, Justice.

The subject matter of this suit is $1,000 in currency which appellant found buried in the ground while working on premises belonging to appellee. Neither party to the appeal is the true owner of the money in controversy. The claim of appellant thereto is based upon the theory that "finders are keepers," while the claim of appellee is based upon his contention that the money was not "lost property" but was "mislaid property" and that he, as owner of...

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