27 December 2005

LEGAL QUESTION OF THE DAY

Is it legal to walk into a store that is providing a charitable gift drive and take, say, a pink Barbie Winnebago? Of course this passes no moral law, but I'm wondering this from a legal standpoint. It's not like the item has a store code or anything. So lawyer people...this question is for you to look-up and reply on, because I don't feel like going to Toys R Us for a Barney singing bib.

2 Comments:

At 4:13 PM, Blogger alo514 said...

Why would that be ok? I know your Barbie and Barbie family want to take an RV vacation, but Bryan, really. Is stealing from the needy really necessary?

 
At 3:19 AM, Blogger Bryan said...

Is it stealing from the needy if the needy have not yet received the item? I mean it's almost as if I had decided to hand over half of a scone (or crumpet) to a homeless man but changed my mind at the last second and ate it instead.

The legal question is: Does an anonymous donation of an item to a private store become the legal property of that store? Even if it is publically visible/accessible? At what point does it become property of one entity or another?

 

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