This case involves a number of claims to several hundred thousand dollars found in a trunk in plaintiff's warehouse. There are numerous issues as to whether the trunk and its contents were lost or abandoned, whether principles of bailment, collateral estoppel, stolen property, public policy, etc., should be applied, and ultimately, who among the claimants should get to keep the money (and the trunk!). Rather than rehearse all of these issues on such a scant factual record...
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