Very hard to believe. Could it be true?

[Greg Miller CTGunLaw]

So, let's see if I understand this. A gentleman finds what is obviously a very expensive shotgun lying in the road. The owner's name is engraved on the rib. And, it is name that is known to every sportsmen and who can be easily contacted through the sporting magazines. No one mentions it for decades, and now it is "Found"?

This may be the valient "Bo Whoop", but the story of where it has been all these years smells bad.

[Setter Man]

Originally Posted by Gregory Miller

So, let's see if I understand this. A gentleman finds what is obviously a very expensive shotgun lying in the road. The owner's name is engraved on the rib. And, it is name that is known to every sportsmen and who can be easily contacted through the sporting magazines. No one mentions it for decades, and now it is "Found"? Finders keepers is not how I understand the law in most States.

This may be the valient "Bo Whoop", but the story of where it has been all these years smells bad.

The finder of lost or abandon property has good title to all except the true owner.

JDG

[Greg Miller CTGunLaw]

This is not an issue of law, it is an issue of character. A gentlemen would take the net proceeds from this sale and donate it to a cause Nash would have supported. We all make decisions in life. And, none of us will be in this world forever.

[Tim Sheldon]

Originally Posted by Gregory Miller

So, let's see if I understand this. A gentleman finds what is obviously a very expensive shotgun lying in the road. The owner's name is engraved on the rib. And, it is name that is known to every sportsmen and who can be easily contacted through the sporting magazines. No one mentions it for decades, and now it is "Found"?

This may be the valient "Bo Whoop", but the story of where it has been all these years smells bad.

PLUS the fact there was a reward for the gun!!!

---when it looks like a skunk
-----and it smells like a skunk...
-------it just might be a skunk!

Tim