The couple picked up 140,000 custom necklaces and threw them away, and finally the court awarded the defendant 450 thousand.
I picked up a penny on the side of the road and handed it over to my police uncle. This well-known children's song has taught generations of people to pick up money. However, in real life, it is also possible to bear the corresponding legal responsibility for discarding the lost property of others after picking it up.
On August 4, 2022, the plaintiff Jia purchased a custom necklace of a certain brand, worth 142,400 yuan. At 6:39 a.m. on October 5, 2023, the custom necklace worn by Jia fell at the entrance of the escalator. At 6:56 on the same day, defendant Lin and his girlfriend passed by the escalator platform on the third floor and found the necklace left in place and immediately picked it up.
Soon after, with the help of the police station, the plaintiff Jia found Lin and asked him to return the necklace. But at this time, Lin said that he thought the necklace was worthless, and threw it in the lawn of the community after picking it up, and the necklace had been worn for more than 1 year when it was lost, and there was depreciation. Jia sued him to the court, requesting the defendant Lin and his girlfriend to return his necklace.
After trial, the Minhang District People's Court held that the existing evidence proved that the defendant failed to properly keep the necklace after it was found, resulting in the loss of the necklace, and the defendant should bear the corresponding civil liability, and ordered the defendant to compensate the plaintiff for the loss of 45,000 yuan. Later, the plaintiff appealed, and the court of second instance rejected the appeal, upholding the original judgment, and the case is now in effect.
In this case, Lin failed to keep the necklace properly after finding it, resulting in the loss of the necklace, and was finally awarded compensation to the plaintiff 4$50,000 in losses. This case also reminds us that it is both a virtue and a legal obligation to collect money.