Court Says Cash Found By Lodger Goes To Hotel
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The state Court of Appeals say a hotel
proprietor is the rightful owner of $14,200 in cash
that was found by a lodger in a room he was staying in.
The appeals court rejected Alex Franks` claim to the money he
found in September 2001 in a cabinet drawer while staying at a
Comfort Inn in Searcy and working on a construction job.
The court said the cash qualified as mislaid property that, in
effect, was left in the custody of the hotel owner, J-K Kazi of
Jonesboro. The court said the hotel had been the scene of drug
activity in the past. And Kazi`s lawyer, Richard Allen of Newport,
said the money most likely had to do with a drug deal.
