Semple agreed to purchase a quantity of bird feed for his canary from a local pet shop. The shopkeeper agreed to weigh the feed and have it in a package for Semple when he returned in one hour. The shopkeeper weighed the feed, and wrote the weight, price, and Semple's name on the package. Before Semple returned, the package was stolen from the shop. The goods were unascertained goods, and title passed when they were unconditionally appropriated to Semple by the seller's act of writing Semple's name on the package.

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The goods were ascertained when the shopkeeper weighed the feed and specifically appropriated it to Semple by writing his name on the package, indicating that title passed to Semple upon this action, not while they were unascertained.

Semple Agreed to Purchase a Quantity of Bird Feed for His