A Newmills man has been told by a judge to go away and find documentation to prove a piece of machinery in Garda possession is his.
Noel Devine of Kirkneedy applied to Letterkenny District Court to have teleporter returned to him.
Mr Devine, 43, claimed the machinery was his but had been with the Gardai since February 2012.
He was asked by Judge Paul Kelly if he had any documentation to prove the item was his.
He said the machinery had been sold to him by another man as part of a swap deal and that he had the man in court.
However, Judge Kelly asked how he knew the other man owned the machinery in the first place.
He said there must have been a log book with the machinery but Mr Devine said the teleporter was 25 years old and was never on the road.
Judge Kelly said there must be some form of documentation and asked Mr Devine to go and get it and come back to court at a future date in a bid to resolve the matter.