Carol took her earrings off at Marcia's beauty shop and put them on the counter. She left the shop without remembering the earrings. Betty finds them and wants to keep them. Can she?

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Marcia, as the owner of the beauty shop where the earrings were found, has superior rights to the found property over anyone except the original owner, Carol. This is based on the legal principle that lost property found on someone's premises generally gives the premises owner superior claim over finders not in possession of the property.

Carol Took Her Earrings Off at Marcia's Beauty Shop and Put