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Halp Bros--Old Law Firm Stole My Couch

I worked at a firm and recently left. When I first started w...
ruby lascivious library nowag
  10/04/12
take it and make him stop you
Violet ticket booth
  10/04/12
Lmao!
Snowy locale private investor
  10/04/12
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Peach violent pozpig
  10/05/12
what state?
brindle crackhouse quadroon
  10/04/12
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fear-inspiring vigorous casino wrinkle
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fuckin' steve
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shitlaw steve
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transparent angry national toilet seat
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If I recall correctly from my 1L property class, you may hav...
Peach violent pozpig
  10/04/12
180
Curious lay ladyboy
  10/04/12
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Peach violent pozpig
  10/04/12
Lol xoxo
stimulating yellow site
  10/04/12
The firm is the tenant. Analysis irrelevant unless the shitl...
Bat shit crazy blathering native messiness
  10/05/12
Couches aren't fixtures of any type.
Razzmatazz shrine
  10/05/12
Ah, yes, well, because I'm a BIGLAW billy rather than a shit...
Peach violent pozpig
  10/05/12
This is so 180. Well done.
mentally impaired razzle-dazzle stage
  10/05/12
tyty
Peach violent pozpig
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180
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Bigfinderskeeperslaw
navy kitchen
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180 if real, 180 if not real
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carnelian indian lodge
  12/06/13
180 well done.
Magenta Histrionic Black Woman
  12/06/13
Couches don't even get installed. The doctrine you're looki...
floppy smoky sneaky criminal church
  05/27/17
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Gay appetizing mad cow disease meetinghouse
  05/12/22
Eh, I don't know about no couch but I'd probably be facing f...
sienna halford
  10/04/12
why do you steal from your employer bro?
Peach violent pozpig
  10/04/12
I just have a thing for paper clips and post-it notes. I thi...
sienna halford
  10/04/12
sweet good luck bro
Peach violent pozpig
  10/04/12
thought for sure this would be johnsmeyer
navy kitchen
  10/04/12
It's one of his alts
Peach violent pozpig
  10/04/12
Flame.
Sapphire nursing home
  10/04/12
cr
Peach violent pozpig
  10/04/12
You are flame or the partner is a fucking idiot. In no way ...
Bateful chocolate piazza
  10/05/12
Fuck yo couch! Buy another one you rich motherfucker! ...
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bull headed mildly autistic stage
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Flickering poppy theatre goal in life
  12/06/13
Please sue. Best law suit ever.
floppy smoky sneaky criminal church
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marvelous pocket flask
  07/19/17
lol no not a fucking fixture. And even if it was ... ? your...
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Date: October 4th, 2012 5:28 PM
Author: ruby lascivious library nowag

I worked at a firm and recently left. When I first started with this firm, I purchased a couch to nap on between 2pm and 3pm each day, schedule permitting. I was packing up my office last weekend and brought a friend along to help move the couch out. The partner happened to be there and said "not so fast, that's my couch." I calmly explained I had purchased it and brought it in to the office to nap on. He called it an "abandoned fixture" and said under some county ordinance it belonged to him. Halp.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21716858)



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Date: October 4th, 2012 7:14 PM
Author: Violet ticket booth

take it and make him stop you

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Date: October 4th, 2012 11:50 PM
Author: Snowy locale private investor

Lmao!

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Date: October 5th, 2012 11:10 AM
Author: Peach violent pozpig



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Date: October 4th, 2012 5:32 PM
Author: brindle crackhouse quadroon

what state?

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Date: October 4th, 2012 6:23 PM
Author: Domesticated Cream Stead

lol

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Date: October 4th, 2012 6:30 PM
Author: floppy smoky sneaky criminal church

lol

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Date: October 4th, 2012 6:35 PM
Author: fear-inspiring vigorous casino wrinkle



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Date: October 4th, 2012 6:39 PM
Author: learning disabled vibrant space ratface

fuckin' steve

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Date: October 4th, 2012 11:17 PM
Author: Peach violent pozpig

shitlaw steve

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Date: May 12th, 2022 4:18 PM
Author: transparent angry national toilet seat



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Date: October 4th, 2012 6:46 PM
Author: Peach violent pozpig

If I recall correctly from my 1L property class, you may have a right to the furniture. The common law rule is that whatsoever is fixed to the realty is thereby made a part of the realty to which it adheres. However, the new, prevailing rule is that tenants may remove whatever they install for the purpose of carrying on a trade (i.e. trade fixtures), provided that they can be uninstalled without injury to the premises, and that such removal is effected before they yield possession of the premises. Arguably, the couch was a trade fixture--you put it in your office for the purpose of aiding you in carrying on your trade as a lawyer. Given that you can remove it without injury to the premises, and because you haven't completely yielded possession of the premises, I think you have a colorable claim that you have a right to that couch, notwithstanding any extant ordinances. The rationale behind this rule is that it is conducive to trade and commerce. The tenant installs things for the benefit of carrying on his trade, not to enhance the landlord's realty.

You should also be aware that there are other theories that may be applied to these circumstances, depending on what jurisdiction you're in. There is the institutional theory: additions to the realty become a part of an economic unit, and therefore become the landlord's property.

I sincerely xoxohth. Let me know if you have any questions or if I need to clarify or expand on anything.



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Date: October 4th, 2012 7:08 PM
Author: Curious lay ladyboy

180

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Date: October 4th, 2012 10:07 PM
Author: Peach violent pozpig



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Date: October 4th, 2012 10:08 PM
Author: stimulating yellow site

Lol xoxo

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Date: October 5th, 2012 2:11 AM
Author: Bat shit crazy blathering native messiness

The firm is the tenant. Analysis irrelevant unless the shitlaw firm is some sort of coöp structured like a salon where you rent your own chair/office. HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21720779)



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Date: October 5th, 2012 4:26 AM
Author: Razzmatazz shrine

Couches aren't fixtures of any type.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21720974)



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Date: October 5th, 2012 9:46 AM
Author: Peach violent pozpig

Ah, yes, well, because I'm a BIGLAW billy rather than a shitlaw steve, I would bring multiple claims if I was helping OP get his couch back. The aforesaid analysis is merely a possible argument if my other more cogent arguments fail. Look at it as a sort of quasi-landlord-tenant argument, perhaps. Surely, though, there is an argument to be made under the doctrine of finders. Let’s see what that analysis would look like, shall we? The rule of finders is that the finder of property has a right to that property against all the world except the true owner or prior possessor. In this case, OP is the true owner and prior possessor. Therefore, his boss does not have a right to that property. However, bossman is claiming that OP abandoned the couch. In order for one to abandon something, there must be an act of abandonment and intent to abandon. I’ll go ahead and concede that there was an act of abandonment; there is surely an argument that there was. However, OP never intended to abandon the property, as evidenced by his return to the premises in order to retrieve said property. Therefore, the property was not abandoned. Thus, again, OP has a colorable claim that he has a right to that couch.

Again, I sincerely xoxohth. Do let me know if I need to clarify or expand on anything.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21721355)



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Date: October 5th, 2012 12:05 PM
Author: mentally impaired razzle-dazzle stage

This is so 180. Well done.

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Date: October 5th, 2012 2:06 PM
Author: Peach violent pozpig

tyty

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Date: October 5th, 2012 2:17 PM
Author: spectacular balding volcanic crater parlour

180

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Date: August 22nd, 2013 11:20 PM
Author: Flickering poppy theatre goal in life

180

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Date: May 27th, 2017 2:49 PM
Author: Magical provocative orchestra pit boiling water



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Date: July 19th, 2017 2:11 PM
Author: navy kitchen

Bigfinderskeeperslaw

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Date: October 5th, 2012 7:07 AM
Author: fishy boyish base knife

180 if real, 180 if not real

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Date: October 5th, 2012 2:39 PM
Author: Peach violent pozpig



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Date: November 28th, 2012 10:30 PM
Author: Peach violent pozpig



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Date: December 6th, 2013 9:34 AM
Author: carnelian indian lodge



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Date: December 6th, 2013 2:24 PM
Author: Magenta Histrionic Black Woman

180 well done.

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Date: May 27th, 2017 2:50 PM
Author: floppy smoky sneaky criminal church

Couches don't even get installed. The doctrine you're looking for here is manifestly mislaid.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#33409172)



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Date: May 12th, 2022 4:24 PM
Author: Gay appetizing mad cow disease meetinghouse



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Date: October 4th, 2012 10:09 PM
Author: sienna halford

Eh, I don't know about no couch but I'd probably be facing felony jail time if they added up all the office supplies I stole over the years.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21718998)



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Date: October 4th, 2012 10:15 PM
Author: Peach violent pozpig

why do you steal from your employer bro?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21719060)



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Date: October 4th, 2012 10:16 PM
Author: sienna halford

I just have a thing for paper clips and post-it notes. I think I'm kinda planning to build a yacht out of post-its.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21719075)



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Date: October 4th, 2012 10:20 PM
Author: Peach violent pozpig

sweet good luck bro

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Date: October 4th, 2012 10:20 PM
Author: navy kitchen

thought for sure this would be johnsmeyer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21719117)



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Date: October 4th, 2012 10:24 PM
Author: Peach violent pozpig

It's one of his alts

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Date: October 4th, 2012 11:19 PM
Author: Sapphire nursing home

Flame.

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Date: October 4th, 2012 11:43 PM
Author: Peach violent pozpig

cr

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Date: October 5th, 2012 9:18 AM
Author: Bateful chocolate piazza

You are flame or the partner is a fucking idiot. In no way is a couch a fixture. In no way have you abandoned it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21721248)



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Date: October 5th, 2012 12:08 PM
Author: flesh rehab mood

Fuck yo couch!

Buy another one you rich motherfucker!

Darkness is! Darkness is!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21722501)



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Date: October 5th, 2012 6:42 PM
Author: Peach violent pozpig



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Date: May 27th, 2017 2:59 PM
Author: bull headed mildly autistic stage



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Date: December 6th, 2013 9:29 AM
Author: Flickering poppy theatre goal in life



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Date: May 27th, 2017 2:50 PM
Author: floppy smoky sneaky criminal church

Please sue. Best law suit ever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#33409168)



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Date: July 19th, 2017 2:01 PM
Author: marvelous pocket flask



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Date: July 19th, 2017 2:33 PM
Author: gaped tanning salon

lol no not a fucking fixture. And even if it was ... ? your an employee

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#33809893)



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Date: August 28th, 2021 12:54 PM
Author: transparent angry national toilet seat



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