Dober v. Ukase Investment Co.

In order to justify its claim of right to possession of the property sought to be recovered by the plaintiff, the defendant herein asserts that the property was abandoned by the plaintiff.

As applied to property, “abandonment” is- defined by the editors of R. C. L. as follows:

“It means the voluntary relinquishment of the possession of a thing by the owner with the intention of terminating his ownership, but without vesting it in any other person. ” 1 R. C. L., p. 1.

It has often been held that to constitute an abandonment there must be an intention to abandon, and that intention must be…