Kowal v Ellis
1977, Man CA
Obligations approach to finders
Facts:
- Kowal finds pump on Ellis's land, unattached
Decision:
- Finder becomes bailee if they take the item into their possession
- Responsible for taking reasonable
- Object in/under/attached to land belongs to land owner, not so here
- Obligations approach as compared to Grafstein's rights approach
- Landowner didn't know pump was there, couldn't have been a bailee, had no obligations
- Pump belonged to finder instead
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