The problem with asking legal questions here is that you'll get posts
about what people believe *should* be true, but may bear no resemblance
to the law. Unless the post says "I'm a lawyer and ..." or "I had that
happen to me and ...", you shouldn't rely on it.

That said, and without giving you *advice*, I'll say that if it happened
to me, I would set the parcel aside, for some reasonable period, say a
month, and wait for something to happen. At the end of the month, I
would treat it as my own. If contacted, *I* would feel entitled to
storage and/or handling fees to return it (at his shipping expense). Or
tell him "Come and get it".

I also *believe* that this is covered by the Uniform Commercial Code,
which you should be able to find in a library.

IMHO,
Bob

Ignoramus3242 wrote:
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:28:56 -0400, Bob Engelhardt wrote:

The problem with asking legal questions here is that you'll get posts
about what people believe *should* be true, but may bear no resemblance
to the law. Unless the post says "I'm a lawyer and ..." or "I had that
happen to me and ...", you shouldn't rely on it.


Well, yes, I was hoping to hear from people who know something.


That said, and without giving you *advice*, I'll say that if it happened
to me, I would set the parcel aside, for some reasonable period, say a
month, and wait for something to happen. At the end of the month, I
would treat it as my own. If contacted, *I* would feel entitled to
storage and/or handling fees to return it (at his shipping expense). Or
tell him "Come and get it".


Exactly what I plan on doing. I will wait for 2 weeks since yesterday.

If the owner wants to get it, he can come and get it. Otherwise I
would want $50 to get it to a packing outfit.


I also *believe* that this is covered by the Uniform Commercial Code,
which you should be able to find in a library.


I may check it out... I do not think that it is the case actually, I
studies UCC a while ago and do not recall discussing ownership issues
regarding mistaken delivery.


i

Take a look at this online version. It does say it's not complete and I
don't know which sections you might need to search, but it's right at
your fingertips.
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html
Joe