LAW 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Making Money, Fox Hunting, Headache
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Owners own propety land, watches, patents (on drugs), copy rights (song), trademarks (coca cola). Basic idea that unites them as property is ownership. You"re in charge of what you own, - you, rather than others, get to decide what happens with your property. Cave example both on cave, entry is on edward"s land. Explorers put hard work into explorinig cave found scenic wonders, Edwards wants to profit from this, accessed by going undergeound on. Lee sues edwards for trespass: when you enter my land without my permission, two issues, 1) on vs. under land. Cave extends from under both edwards and lee"s lands, lees suit involves claim by edwads ticket buying people are trespassing onto his land when go under. Cujus est solum eius est usque ad coelom et ad infernos. He who owns the soil, also owns from the heavens to the depts.