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McDONALD v. RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY, INC.

35051.

89 Ga. App. 884 (1954)

81 S.E.2d 525

McDONALD v. RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Sheats, Wm. C. Rimmer, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Alston, Sibley, Miller, Spann & Shackelford, James E. Thomas, contra.

TOWNSEND, J.

1. Lost property is that with which possession has been casually and involuntarily parted, so that the mind has no impression, and can have no recourse to the event. Groover v. Tippins, 51 Ga.App. 47 (179 S. E. 634). The finder of lost property has a right to it as against the world, except against the true owner.

2. As to the property of another lost while in the custody of a common carrier or other fiduciary (as, for example, a...

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