We confront the difficult legal questions of our times. We do not shy away from the questions that might stump lesser legal minds. Now that being said, we can think of one jurist, a baseball purist, who might well be the authority to weigh in on this problem of property law.
Facts: Baseball game in Philadelphia (a city that once booed Santa Claus as a December football game, and a stadium that has an on cite jail for unruly fans, so you know what we are dealing with).
A foul ball is hit and an enterprising fan catches the ball in his hat. The momentum of the ball rips the hat from his hand and another fan behind him has the ball. The original Possessor One of the ball is wearing a Roy Halliday Baseball Jersey. Possessor Two (the subsequent and final possessor) of the ball is wearing an Eagles Jersey.
Querry: this is a toughie. If Possessor One's hat with the ball is caught by Possessor Two, does Possessor Two have a right to ball, which is inside the hat (the property) of Possessor One? Can Possessor Two hand the hat to Possessor One and keep the ball? Or because the ball is in the hat which belongs to Possessor One, is the ball still the property of Possessor One although the hat and the ball are in the temporary custody and control of Possessor Two?
Have at it.
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