40 Misc. 2d 580 - People v. Chitty’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1978
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Abel v. United States · Hester v. United States · Foulke v. New York Consolidated Railroad · United States v. Dornblut · 26 Ill. 2d 557 - The PEOPLE v. Woods
Most-quoted passages
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“`Abandonment' depends upon an intention to relinquish property, accompanied by some act or omission which carries the implication that the possessor neither claims nor retains any interest in the subject matter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Morris v. Weigle
How this case has been treated — in progress
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