Danielson v. Roberts
Oregon Supreme Court
From Jackson: Hiero K. Hanna, Judge. Action by W. O. and C. P. Danielson, through their guardian ad litem, against W. B. Roberts, and others, in trover for the conversion of sundry gold coins/found by the .plaintiffs in an old chicken house, and delivered to defendants.
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From Jackson: Hiero K. Hanna, Judge. Action by W. O. and C. P. Danielson, through their guardian ad litem, against W. B. Roberts, and others, in trover for the conversion of sundry gold coins/found by the .plaintiffs in an old chicken house, and delivered to defendants. Plaintiffs appeal from an order granting an involuntary nonsuit. ■ I. Under the law7 governing treasure trove the discoverer of buried treasure is the owner thereof against all persons except the original owner, especially where the subject is not regulated by statute: B. & C. Comp. §§ 3887-3905; 2 Kent, Com. (14 ed.) 350,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
This is an action of trover to recover for the alleged conversion of money. The plaintiffs aver, in substance, that in March, 1894, while engaged at the request of the defendants in cleaning out and removing the loose dirt and débris from an old building situated on premises occupied by the defendants, they discovered a tin vessel, rusty, and worn with age, which contained the sum of $7,000 in gold coin of the United States; that the defendants wrongfully took and received the money from the plaintiffs, and have ever since wrongfully and unlawfully detained the same, to their damage in the…
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