Exam 33: Personal Property and Bailments

Common carriers are:

Adella works for a large software company as a security analyst. In her free time away from work, she likes to develop computer games. Which of the following statements is true in this case?

Oscar drove his 1963 Rambler automobile to the Park & Run, Inc. parking garage. Oscar delivered the keys to the attendant and left the premises. The attendant parked the car. Oscar did not tell the attendant that there was an antique painting valued at $5,000 in the trunk of the car. A thief entered the parking garage, pried open the trunk of Oscar's car, and stole the painting. In this context, identify the correct statement.

Define a bailment and discuss its essential elements.

When Banks, a dealer in antique furniture, stores goods in a commercial warehouse, it is a bailment for the:

A common carrier is liable for loss of or damage to property if the:

Property is considered to be mislaid if the owner intentionally placed the property out of his possession with the intent to relinquish ownership of it.

The word property may refer to legal rights connected with an object, such as are found in the lease of a building.

When the finder of a lost property knows who the owner is and refuses to return it to him or her, _____.

Jose gave Stuart the permission to hunt on his land. While hunting, Stuart discovered a Civil War-era sword half buried in the dirt. Under these circumstances, _____.

Identify the statement that is true of a bailee's duty of care.

An emolument is the delivery of personal property by one person to another person who accepts it and is under an express or implied agreement to return it.

Joshua and Alyssa dated for two years before deciding to get married. Joshua gave Alyssa a $20,000 diamond ring on the occasion of their engagement. Two months later, Joshua called off the engagement without giving Alyssa a valid reason. Under the traditional rule that uses a fault-based approach, _____.

If a bailee misdelivers the bailed property at the termination of the bailment, the _____.

In the United States, private ownership of property is protected by the _____ Amendment to the Constitution.

Rafael is the owner of Raphael Upholstery Services Inc. Kiara wanted some of her furniture reupholstered, so she brought these items to Rafael's store and left them there. Rafael and Kiara did not discuss Raphael's charges for reupholstering the furniture. Under these circumstances, _____.

The old saying "finders keepers, losers weepers" is a reliable way of predicting the legal rights of those who find personal property that originally belonged to or still belongs to another person.

Which of the following statements is true about the possession of wild animals?

An involuntary bailee:

When Martha of Martha's Homemade Pies Corp., gives a freshly baked apple-cinnamon double-crust pie to her sales clerk to put in the window case for display, the clerk: