Legal Question in Criminal Law in Georgia

My father had a tractor parked on someone's elses property. A junk dealer had a tow truck pick up the tractor and he sold it for scrap metal. The junk dealer said that he bought the tractor from the land owner. My father does not know who the land owner was. The tractor broke down and he left it there until he could get someone to pick it up but the junk man had it picked up before Daddy did. Can you please tell me what law this breaks and where to begin on getting restitution for the tractor?

Thank you


Asked on 12/22/10, 10:50 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Glen Ashman Ashman Law Office also dba Glen Ashman Attorney

You omitted the most important information. How long did he abandon it there for, and did he have permission to leave it there? Since you left that out, there's no way to respond.

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Answered on 12/27/10, 1:43 pm
Lawrence Lewis Lawrence Lewis, P.C.

Your father committed a trespass. It would have been impossible to leave the broken tractor on property that he did not unlawfully enter. After your father unlawfully entered someone's else's property without permission, he used that property as a parking lot. Once the property owner observed the broken tractor on his land, I suspect he called the tow man to remove it. The tow man removed the property and sold it, pocketed whatever profits there may have been. Now you want to knwo what laws the other people broke? Get real!

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Answered on 12/29/10, 7:14 pm


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