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Case Summary
Hoelzer v. City of Stamford
Hoelzer v. City of Stamford, 722 F. Supp. 1106 (S.D.N.Y. 1989), aff’d, 933 F.2d 1131 (2d Cir. 1991), awarding damages, No. 89 Civ. 641 (S.D.N.Y. 1992), modified, 972 F.2d 495 (2d Cir. 1992), cert. denied, 506 U.S. 1035 (1992).
Précis
A series of Works Progress Administration wall murals by James Daugherty were inadvertently removed from a high school in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1970 and, unbeknownst to city officials, sent for restoration. In 1980, Stamford located the murals. A dispute over
title
Ownership of real property or personal property, which stands against the right of anyone else to claim the property. In real property, title is evidenced by a deed, judgment of distribution from an estate, or other appropriate document recorded in the public records of the county. Title to personal property is generally shown by possession, particularly when no proof or strong evidence exists showing that the property belongs to another or that it has been stolen or known to be lost by another (http://dictionary.law.com).
title arose between the city and the restorer, Hiram Hoelzer . . . .
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