Bridges v Hawkesworth

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Bridges v Hawkesworth
Court Court of Queen’s Bench
Citation 21 L.J.Q.B. 75, 91 Rev. Rep. 850
Date decided November 1851

Facts

  • Hawkesworth = defendant = a shop owner
  • The plaintiff, Bridges, found banknotes on the floor of the defendant, Hawkesworth’s, shop.
  • Bridges left the notes with Hawkesworth, intending for him to return them to the proper owner.
  • After three (3) years of no one claiming the notes, Bridges requested that they be given to him.
  • However, Hawkesworth refused to hand over the money.

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