involuntary bailment

involuntary bailment
A bailment arising by the accidental leaving of personal property in the possession of any person, without negligence on the part of its owner. Grossman Co. v White, 52 Okla 117, 152 Pe 816. The deposit or placing of goods in a person's possession without his consent, as where a departing lodger leaves goods behind; or lost goods are found on land. Preston v Neale, 78 Mass (12 Gray) 222, 223. A bailment resulting from the action of the elements in moving property onto the premises of one other than the owner of the prop- erty, for example, the stranding of goods or merchandise carried by a flood onto another's land. Mitchell v Oklahoma Cotton Growers Asso. 108 Okla 200, 235 P 587, 41 ALR 1011.

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