Business Law Today, Comprehensive 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller

Exercise 12

Sales by Nonowners. In the following situations, two par­ties lay claim to the same goods sold. Explain which party would prevail in each situation.
1. Terry steals Dom's iPad and sells it to Blake, an innocent purchaser, for value. Dom learns that Blake has the iPad and demands its 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.