Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Pettit
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 30, 1970Published
1Opinion of the CourtJames H. O’Connor, J.
On or about September 17, 1969 the plaintiff in the above action, together with a companion, discovered a sum of money in excess of $3,750 in United States currency at a dumping ground owned by one Charles A. Collins, Sr., in the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York. The plaintiff alleges that he had a verbal agreement with the owner of the dumping ground which granted him permission to enter into the dumping area at any time to recover and collect such items of junk, metal, wood, etc. as might be disposable by sale. It is alleged that the items recovered would become the plaintiff’s…
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