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A Find Picked Up by a Child

Question

A child picked up a find without a distinguishing mark and gave it to another. Did the child acquire it, or the one who received it from him?

Answer

It belongs to the father of the first child

Source

Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat, Siman 270

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