Why is she owed a finder’s fee? She fought the rightful owner in court to avoid returning it. The seller owes her $7. That’s about it.
Someone mentioned insurance. If they collected insurance, then doesn’t it belong to the insurance company?
The seller owes her $7. That’s about it.
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Kind of like a farmer was raffling off a mule.
Just before the raffle the mule died and his brother said he should call off the raffle and return the money.
The farmer immediately raffled the mule off and gave the WINNER his money back - explaining that the mule was alive when all tickets were sold and the ONLY person the mules death affected was the winner.
Farmer probably a Senator (at least) by now.
Spot on. A thief's title to stolen goods is void. This means that the thief cannot transfer good title to any subsequent purchaser, regardless of whether the subsequent purchaser was acting in good faith. The original (true) owner still owns title to the goods.
The subsequent purchasers have a claim against their immediately preceding sellers all the way back to the thief for selling goods without good title. They do not have a claim against the true owner.