Show LORE ON UMBRELLAS U An Interesting Opinion Handed Down By Coleridge Utica Observer What are you looking lookin after Oh Ive Ive lost I t my umbrella and I 1 thought possibly I see some one carrying ing it oft off t replied reDl the young man who wo stood sto In front of eno of the large office buildings looking booking lookin closely at each ech passerby pa er y What would woul you do if you saw sw some fellow carrying it i away Ston him and demand its is return But nut what if he simply pushed you OU aside and walked on Follow him and find out his name anti and nd have him arrested Do o you think you ou would get the thc um urn I beh back backI I I Why not Anybody Who has it I pos pea possesses o S R stolen stoleR property ro Then you yon never neer heard of the decision d of Lord Coleridge the thE famous Engish jurist in an umbrella suit si that was s brought before him himI I cant ent say that I have An umbrella Is I the same as a any other property It i T I have a man arrested areste for stealing my watch Yes Ye But Rut w pt n t I read r ad you ou the de decision decision I of Lord Lod Coleridge The Th speaker sneaker took from fr m his pocketbook a new newer aner clipping cUpping and an reath Umbrellas properly considered are a apart apart I part pt of the atmospheric or ical and as such there can cn be no individual property right in them In Sampson VF vi v Thompson was WR charged with standing on plaintiffs front step steps s during a storm ort and an thereby soak soaking sJ soaking I ing InS up a I large quantity quantify of rain rin to which i plaintiff was entitled But Dut the court j I held l that th the rain was any mans s rain no matter where e it fell irl It follows there therefore t therefore I fore that the th umbrella is any mans um torn umbrella lm I brella In all al rain and amI umbrellas i have Hone rone ne together r and there is IB no rea res re resson i ison Isn son sn why wh they should be separated in law lawAn lawAn I IAn An umbrella may under U dr certain entail condl I t the chief of which is possession i take take on the attributes of por pr personal prop property j erty ert just justas as if i a man set a tub and catch j I ja a quantity of rain rin water vater that hat rain water a would bo ho b considered as h hs hR s person be bl j I I lon Inn rinT In while It tt t is in Ut his tub But If i the su sun evaporate the th water anti nd It i rain rained i if the t tub b be ed down acain or b upset and the water spilled spied then the attribute J I of ownership Instantly pears pear pE s Rol a men hod hed ho hi il his li lihla I i pars his hla hand It may mY be considered a a personal belonging but the thE moment it leaves hi his hand It returns to the great gret t Indivisible common stock of umbrellas las sue whither hi it the law lw will wm not attempt ate I pt to pur pursue |