West Coast Airlines, Inc. v. Miner's Aircraft & Engine Service, Inc.

West Coast Airlines (plaintiff) mistakenly placed two new jet engines in containers alongside genuine scrap metal set out along a fence, then sent the containers to be hauled to a junkyard; Miner's Aircraft (defendant) bought the containers there knowing the engines were not scrap and likely belonged to West Coast, then resold one engine to Clark (defendant). West Coast sued in replevin to recover the engines, the trial court ruled for West Coast, and the defendants appealed.

Whether title to goods that were not intended to be part of a sale passes from seller to buyer.