Business Law Today 8th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller,Gaylord Jentz

Exercise 1

Sales by Non-owners. In the following situations, two parties lay claim to the same goods sold. Explain which party would prevail in each situation.
1. Terry steals Dorn's iPod and sells it to Blake, an innocent purchaser, for value. Dom learns that Blake has the iPod and demands b return.
2. Karlin takes her laptop computer for repair to Orken, a merchant who sells new and used computers. By accident, one of Orken's employees sells Karlin's laptop computer to Grady, an innocent purchaser-customer, who takes possession. Karlin wants her laptop back from Grady.