Multiple choice

A, a traveller, found a ring in the lounge at the Delhi Airport. He handed over the ring to an employee of the airlines with a direction that it should be returned to him if a real owner cannot claim it. The owner didn’t claim the ring, still the airlines didn’t return it to A and sold it and kept the proceeds. A sued for conversion. Will he succeed?

  1. A is to be awarded the value of the ring as damages.

  2. A is not to be awarded the value of the ring as damages as A is a finder of goods only.

  3. A is liable for conversion.

  4. A can claim conversion or damages of the value of the ring.

  5. None of these
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Explanation

 A is not the owner of the goods and is the finder of goods only, so he has a right to be awarded the value of the ring as damages, but he cannot claim conversion of the ring.

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