The specific concern of this paper, will be the case of salvaged TBD-1 Devastator, a rare Navy aircraft recovered 20 miles off the coast of Florida, in 500 feet of water, and estimated to have a value of one or two million dollars once restored. This paper will begin with a definition of lost, misplaces, or abandoned property, and proceed to discuss the history of property ownership laws, speculate on the reasons for differences in property ownership …showed first 75 words of 1935 total…

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