A dog owner owned a mongrel of little monetary value. One day, the dog disappeared, and the owner placed the following advertisement in the newspaper: “I will pay $500 to anyone who returns my dog.” A man found the dog the next day. Knowing to whom the dog belonged, the man took the dog home, intending to return it that night. Before he returned the dog, the man read the dog owner’s advertisement in the newspaper.
Assuming that the dog owner’s advertisement was an offer, the man who found the dog:
A. Can recover $500, as he has accepted the offer.
B. Can recover $500 if he returns the dog to the dog owner.
C. Cannot recover the $500, even if he returns the dog, because he did not have knowledge of the offer when he found the dog.
D. Cannot recover the $500, even if he returns the dog, because he did not have knowledge of the offer when he found the dog.
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