\
  The most prestigious law school admissions discussion board in the world.
BackRefresh Options Favorite

Halp Bros--Old Law Firm Stole My Couch

I worked at a firm and recently left. When I first started w...
plum school queen of the night
  10/04/12
take it and make him stop you
Maroon motley rehab gaping
  10/04/12
Lmao!
razzle-dazzle church degenerate
  10/04/12
...
exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath
  10/05/12
what state?
wonderful ocher gunner
  10/04/12
lol
Marvelous Masturbator Office
  10/04/12
lol
vivacious filthy library
  10/04/12
...
infuriating diverse nursing home water buffalo
  10/04/12
fuckin' steve
Henna overrated abode
  10/04/12
shitlaw steve
exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath
  10/04/12
...
mildly autistic out-of-control den party of the first part
  05/12/22
If I recall correctly from my 1L property class, you may hav...
exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath
  10/04/12
180
carmine blood rage
  10/04/12
...
exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath
  10/04/12
Lol xoxo
Fuchsia Brunch
  10/04/12
The firm is the tenant. Analysis irrelevant unless the shitl...
aromatic jet-lagged marketing idea coldplay fan
  10/05/12
Couches aren't fixtures of any type.
soggy self-centered sanctuary genital piercing
  10/05/12
Ah, yes, well, because I'm a BIGLAW billy rather than a shit...
exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath
  10/05/12
This is so 180. Well done.
Lilac soul-stirring set voyeur
  10/05/12
tyty
exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath
  10/05/12
180
fear-inspiring nubile fortuitous meteor
  10/05/12
180
judgmental aggressive dragon temple
  08/22/13
...
Odious laser beams
  05/27/17
Bigfinderskeeperslaw
Navy Buck-toothed Heaven Associate
  07/19/17
180 if real, 180 if not real
peach codepig
  10/05/12
...
exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath
  10/05/12
...
exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath
  11/28/12
...
charismatic zombie-like casino
  12/06/13
180 well done.
Passionate potus prole
  12/06/13
Couches don't even get installed. The doctrine you're looki...
vivacious filthy library
  05/27/17
...
Hyperventilating address
  05/12/22
Eh, I don't know about no couch but I'd probably be facing f...
Twinkling fantasy-prone whorehouse
  10/04/12
why do you steal from your employer bro?
exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath
  10/04/12
I just have a thing for paper clips and post-it notes. I thi...
Twinkling fantasy-prone whorehouse
  10/04/12
sweet good luck bro
exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath
  10/04/12
thought for sure this would be johnsmeyer
Navy Buck-toothed Heaven Associate
  10/04/12
It's one of his alts
exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath
  10/04/12
Flame.
Territorial personal credit line
  10/04/12
cr
exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath
  10/04/12
You are flame or the partner is a fucking idiot. In no way ...
ruddy ladyboy parlour
  10/05/12
Fuck yo couch! Buy another one you rich motherfucker! ...
shimmering irradiated gas station mental disorder
  10/05/12
...
exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath
  10/05/12
...
Boyish Ebony University
  05/27/17
...
judgmental aggressive dragon temple
  12/06/13
Please sue. Best law suit ever.
vivacious filthy library
  05/27/17
...
aquamarine theater stage scourge upon the earth
  07/19/17
lol no not a fucking fixture. And even if it was ... ? your...
Aphrodisiac silver lay
  07/19/17
...
mildly autistic out-of-control den party of the first part
  08/28/21


Poast new message in this thread



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 5:28 PM
Author: plum school queen of the night

I worked at a firm and recently left. When I first started with this firm, I purchased a couch to nap on between 2pm and 3pm each day, schedule permitting. I was packing up my office last weekend and brought a friend along to help move the couch out. The partner happened to be there and said "not so fast, that's my couch." I calmly explained I had purchased it and brought it in to the office to nap on. He called it an "abandoned fixture" and said under some county ordinance it belonged to him. Halp.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21716858)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 7:14 PM
Author: Maroon motley rehab gaping

take it and make him stop you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21717732)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 11:50 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle church degenerate

Lmao!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21719984)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 5th, 2012 11:10 AM
Author: exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21722011)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 5:32 PM
Author: wonderful ocher gunner

what state?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21716895)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 6:23 PM
Author: Marvelous Masturbator Office

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21717373)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 6:30 PM
Author: vivacious filthy library

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21717412)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 6:35 PM
Author: infuriating diverse nursing home water buffalo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21717441)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 6:39 PM
Author: Henna overrated abode

fuckin' steve

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21717460)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 11:17 PM
Author: exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath

shitlaw steve

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21719624)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 12th, 2022 4:18 PM
Author: mildly autistic out-of-control den party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#44501339)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 6:46 PM
Author: exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath

If I recall correctly from my 1L property class, you may have a right to the furniture. The common law rule is that whatsoever is fixed to the realty is thereby made a part of the realty to which it adheres. However, the new, prevailing rule is that tenants may remove whatever they install for the purpose of carrying on a trade (i.e. trade fixtures), provided that they can be uninstalled without injury to the premises, and that such removal is effected before they yield possession of the premises. Arguably, the couch was a trade fixture--you put it in your office for the purpose of aiding you in carrying on your trade as a lawyer. Given that you can remove it without injury to the premises, and because you haven't completely yielded possession of the premises, I think you have a colorable claim that you have a right to that couch, notwithstanding any extant ordinances. The rationale behind this rule is that it is conducive to trade and commerce. The tenant installs things for the benefit of carrying on his trade, not to enhance the landlord's realty.

You should also be aware that there are other theories that may be applied to these circumstances, depending on what jurisdiction you're in. There is the institutional theory: additions to the realty become a part of an economic unit, and therefore become the landlord's property.

I sincerely xoxohth. Let me know if you have any questions or if I need to clarify or expand on anything.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21717502)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 7:08 PM
Author: carmine blood rage

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21717675)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 10:07 PM
Author: exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21718985)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 10:08 PM
Author: Fuchsia Brunch

Lol xoxo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21718995)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 5th, 2012 2:11 AM
Author: aromatic jet-lagged marketing idea coldplay fan

The firm is the tenant. Analysis irrelevant unless the shitlaw firm is some sort of coöp structured like a salon where you rent your own chair/office. HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21720779)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 5th, 2012 4:26 AM
Author: soggy self-centered sanctuary genital piercing

Couches aren't fixtures of any type.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21720974)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 5th, 2012 9:46 AM
Author: exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath

Ah, yes, well, because I'm a BIGLAW billy rather than a shitlaw steve, I would bring multiple claims if I was helping OP get his couch back. The aforesaid analysis is merely a possible argument if my other more cogent arguments fail. Look at it as a sort of quasi-landlord-tenant argument, perhaps. Surely, though, there is an argument to be made under the doctrine of finders. Let’s see what that analysis would look like, shall we? The rule of finders is that the finder of property has a right to that property against all the world except the true owner or prior possessor. In this case, OP is the true owner and prior possessor. Therefore, his boss does not have a right to that property. However, bossman is claiming that OP abandoned the couch. In order for one to abandon something, there must be an act of abandonment and intent to abandon. I’ll go ahead and concede that there was an act of abandonment; there is surely an argument that there was. However, OP never intended to abandon the property, as evidenced by his return to the premises in order to retrieve said property. Therefore, the property was not abandoned. Thus, again, OP has a colorable claim that he has a right to that couch.

Again, I sincerely xoxohth. Do let me know if I need to clarify or expand on anything.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21721355)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 5th, 2012 12:05 PM
Author: Lilac soul-stirring set voyeur

This is so 180. Well done.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21722470)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 5th, 2012 2:06 PM
Author: exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath

tyty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21723397)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 5th, 2012 2:17 PM
Author: fear-inspiring nubile fortuitous meteor

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21723458)



Reply Favorite

Date: August 22nd, 2013 11:20 PM
Author: judgmental aggressive dragon temple

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#23915695)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 27th, 2017 2:49 PM
Author: Odious laser beams



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#33409163)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 19th, 2017 2:11 PM
Author: Navy Buck-toothed Heaven Associate

Bigfinderskeeperslaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#33809764)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 5th, 2012 7:07 AM
Author: peach codepig

180 if real, 180 if not real

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21721095)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 5th, 2012 2:39 PM
Author: exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21723576)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 28th, 2012 10:30 PM
Author: exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#22130665)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 6th, 2013 9:34 AM
Author: charismatic zombie-like casino



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#24579596)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 6th, 2013 2:24 PM
Author: Passionate potus prole

180 well done.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#24581212)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 27th, 2017 2:50 PM
Author: vivacious filthy library

Couches don't even get installed. The doctrine you're looking for here is manifestly mislaid.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#33409172)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 12th, 2022 4:24 PM
Author: Hyperventilating address



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#44501373)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 10:09 PM
Author: Twinkling fantasy-prone whorehouse

Eh, I don't know about no couch but I'd probably be facing felony jail time if they added up all the office supplies I stole over the years.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21718998)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 10:15 PM
Author: exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath

why do you steal from your employer bro?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21719060)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 10:16 PM
Author: Twinkling fantasy-prone whorehouse

I just have a thing for paper clips and post-it notes. I think I'm kinda planning to build a yacht out of post-its.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21719075)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 10:20 PM
Author: exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath

sweet good luck bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21719119)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 10:20 PM
Author: Navy Buck-toothed Heaven Associate

thought for sure this would be johnsmeyer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21719117)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 10:24 PM
Author: exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath

It's one of his alts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21719163)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 11:19 PM
Author: Territorial personal credit line

Flame.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21719634)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 4th, 2012 11:43 PM
Author: exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21719909)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 5th, 2012 9:18 AM
Author: ruddy ladyboy parlour

You are flame or the partner is a fucking idiot. In no way is a couch a fixture. In no way have you abandoned it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21721248)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 5th, 2012 12:08 PM
Author: shimmering irradiated gas station mental disorder

Fuck yo couch!

Buy another one you rich motherfucker!

Darkness is! Darkness is!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21722501)



Reply Favorite

Date: October 5th, 2012 6:42 PM
Author: exhilarant multi-billionaire public bath



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#21725143)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 27th, 2017 2:59 PM
Author: Boyish Ebony University



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#33409210)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 6th, 2013 9:29 AM
Author: judgmental aggressive dragon temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#24579568)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 27th, 2017 2:50 PM
Author: vivacious filthy library

Please sue. Best law suit ever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#33409168)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 19th, 2017 2:01 PM
Author: aquamarine theater stage scourge upon the earth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#33809690)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 19th, 2017 2:33 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac silver lay

lol no not a fucking fixture. And even if it was ... ? your an employee

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#33809893)



Reply Favorite

Date: August 28th, 2021 12:54 PM
Author: mildly autistic out-of-control den party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2069842&forum_id=2#43023653)