You and your roommate are driving through a nice neighborhood when you see some furniture piled on the curb to be picked up by the trash collectors the next morning. As you pick up a chair, the homeowner opens a window and yells, "Get away from my stuff."
A) You may claim the chair as lost property.
B) You may claim the chair as mislaid property.
C) You may claim the chair as abandoned property.
D) The homeowner retains ownership until it is picked up the next morning, so you must leave it.
E) The homeowner retains ownership of the property until you buy it from him.

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The law measures intent to abandon by the circumstances of the situation. If it looks like someone meant to abandon something, we say they intended to do it.

You and Your Roommate Are Driving Through a Nice Neighborhood