92 So. 2d 739 - Powell v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “"* * * `Abandonment' of property or of a right is the voluntary relinquishment thereof by its owner or holder, with the intention of terminating his ownership, possession and control, and without vesting ownership in any other person. Powell v. Cox, supra, [La.App., 92 So.2d 739 ]; New Orleans Bank & Trust Co. v. City of New Orleans, 176 La. 946 , 147 So. 42 (1933). * * *"”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 495 So. 2d 1008 - Taussig v. Goldking Properties Co. · 349 So. 2d 362 - Curtis v. Katz

2. “This court held in Donnell v. Gray, La. App., 34 So.2d 648 [(La.App. 2d Cir.1948)], that the abandonment of property by a tenant to such an extent as to vest title and control in the landlord involves both an act of abandonment and a specific intent to abandon. On a review of that decision -by the Supreme Court, doubt was expressed that the facts of the case justified a holding that the lessee’s silence, coupled with his failure to remove the equipment over a period of 14 months from defendant’s land, constituted an abandonment, the lessee’s actions negating any presumption of any intent on his part to abandon the property. 215 La. 497 , 41 So.2d 66 [ (La.1949) ]. Cox, 92 So.2d at 742 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stroope v. Smith