Title to Stolen Goods Alttarbi was on a group vacation tour

Title to Stolen Goods Alttarbi was on a group vacation tour when he discovered that his camcorder was not where he had left it on the tour bus. Later on the tour, Alttarbi noticed another vacationer, Carlsen, with a similar camcorder. When Carlsen was confronted, he claimed that he had found the camcorder at one of the tour bus stops. When Alttarbi produced a bill of sale with a serial number that matched the one on the disputed camcorder, Carlsen refused to surrender it, claiming that since he had found it, it was his. Will Alttarbi be able to regain possession of his lost camcorder?

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Solution

Principle of law : As per common law the finder of an item could claim to be the owner except in the case wherein the true owner having title to the property claims the item.

Decision Since in this case the true owner has been able to showcase his ownership by producing a bill of sale whose serial number matched that on the item, so the item should be returned to Alttarbi