Armory v Delamirie

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Armory versus Delamirie
gptkbp:area common law
property law
gptkbp:citation (1722) 1 Strange 505
93 ER 664
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:date 1722
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Delamirie
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Armory v Delamirie
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Bridges_v_Hawkesworth
gptkb:Parker_v_British_Airways_Board
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Court_of_King's_Bench
gptkb:Lord_Chief_Justice_Pratt
gptkbp:location gptkb:England
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:plotSummary A chimney sweep's boy found a jewel and took it to a goldsmith, who removed the stones. The court held the finder had rights to the jewel against all except the true owner.
gptkbp:principle finders keepers
finder of lost property has rights against all but the true owner
gptkbp:subject lost property
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Laws_of_Lost_Property
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6