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Property Law Keyed to Kurtz
Popov v. Hayashi
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Superior Court, San Francisco County, California (2002). 2002 WL 31833731.Only StudyBuddy Pro offers the complete Case Brief Anatomy*
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Plaintiff and Defendant both attended a baseball game with the hopes of catching a home run hit by Barry Bonds. While the ball was landing into Plaintiff’s glove, Plaintiff was tackled to the ground by a violent crowd of fans. The ball fell out of Plaintiff’s glove. Defendant saw the loose ball on the ground, picked it up, and put it in his pocket. Plaintiff asserts that he had control of the ball before it was knocked out of his glove. Defendant asserts that the ball is rightfully his.
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