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''Parker v British Airways Board'' () 1 QB 1004 is an English property law case decided by the Court of Appeal. The case establishes the rights that a person has to a chattel found on the surface of the land. ==Facts== A passenger found a gold bracelet on the floor of an executive lounge at Heathrow airport. He handed it to the owners of the land (British Airways Board) in order for them to attempt to find the true owner; requesting that the item be returned to him should the original owner not be found. When British Airways Board sold the unclaimed bracelet for £850, Mr Parker challenged their claim to the bracelet. The court upheld Mr Parker's claim, as the bracelet had been found in an area frequented by the public that British Airways Board did not exercise sufficient control over. British Airways Board were thus unable to assert superior title over the bracelet.〔http://www.unlockingthelaw.co.uk/samples/land%20law%20chapter%201.pdf〕〔http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zXSKtLp7muEC&pg=PA4&dq=parker+v+british+airways+board&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1497UffBF6ym0wWh8IDwCw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=parker%20v%20british%20airways%20board&f=false〕 The case itself begins the facts in a rather poetic manner: :On November 15, 1978, the plaintiff, Alan George Parker, had a date with fate - and perhaps with legal immortality. He found himself in the international executive lounge at terminal one, Heathrow Airport. And that is not all he found. He also found a gold bracelet lying on the floor. :We know very little about the plaintiff, and it would be nice to know more. He was lawfully in the lounge and, as events showed, he was an honest man. Clearly he had not forgotten the schoolboy maxim "Finders keepers." But, equally clearly, he was well aware of the adult qualification "unless the true owner claims the article". ...〔Parker v British Airways Board () 1 All ER 834〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Parker v British Airways Board」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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