Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... if the latter is the principal item in the value of the new product. This last rule is qualified where the workman knows the material is not his, many courts holding that in such case he must lose his labor although it may be more valuable than the chattel. Examples: 1. B uses some links belonging to C in making a chain most of which was made from his own links. The chain is wholly B's. Had the links of C about equaled those of B in number, th" two would have been owners in common. 2. B takes $8 worth of canvas belonging to him and $40 worth belonging to C, adds #10 worth of labor and makes a sail. The sail belongs to C. 3. B by mistake cuts wood on C's land. The wood as it was while growing was worth about $3 a cord. B's labor in cutting it into wood is worth about $2 a cord. The wood belongs to C. 4. B by mistake takes C's trees worth about $25 and makes them into hoops worth about $700. Thi hoops belong to B. A small excess of value of the labor would not be enough to deprive C of his property, but if the excess is great the labor becomes clearly the principal thing and the material the accessory thing. 5. As above. B knows the trees belong to C and puts the labor upon them. C may claim the hoops. B ioses his labor because of his own conscious wrong in converting C's property. 6. In Example 5 B sells the hoops to X, an innocent purchaser. C may reclaim them. Since B had no title he could give none. 3. Confusion of goods. If the goods of one are so confused with the like goods of another that they cannot be distinguished and separated, the title to the mass will depend (a) upon the innocence or willfulness of the owner who caused the confusion, and (b) if willful, upon the possibility of clearly proving how much of his product is in...
