Roberto Rancher owns 500 acres of mountainous, arid land in…
Roberto Rancher owns 500 acres of mountainous, arid land in Arizona along the Mexican border. One day he is looking for a lost cow, he discovers a valley that he had never seen before. He soon sports a sports utility vehicle crashed at the bottom of the valley. The SUV is marked “Desert Tours,” and the only thing inside is a bag sitting on the front seat that is filled with $24,000 in U.S. currency. Rather reports his find to Desert Tours, who explains that the SUV had been stolen seven months before. Desert Tours has no idea where the money came from, but says it should get the money now. Whether Rancher or Desert Tours gets the money found in the SUV depends upon whether the money is viewed as: