[meteorite-list] NPA 03-08-1877 Homestead Meteorite LawsuitJudgement
From: Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jan 17 20:14:15 2005 Message-ID: <003101c4fcfb$028c5a80$6401a8c0_at_Dell> Mark, I'd like to express my appreciation for your continued educational posting. I've learned(and quite promptly forgotten--which is why I print those pertinent to me)a great deal from them and I do hope you'll continue. Jerry Flaherty ----- Original Message ----- From: "MARK BOSTICK" <thebigcollector_at_msn.com> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 6:27 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] NPA 03-08-1877 Homestead Meteorite LawsuitJudgement > Paper: Bucks County Gazette > City: Bristol, Pennsylvania > Date: Thursday, March 8, 1877 > Page: 4 (of 4) > > The Iowa lawyers have had a wrangle over a meteor. A large fragment of > the big meteor of 1875 fell in the highway on lands owned by the Amana > Society, and a German named Mass picked it up. The society claimed titled > under the law of secretion, the realty of the highway belonging to them, > and whatever came to the land's natural accretion being part of the > realty. The German put in a counter claim based upon original discovery > and the nine points of the law. The court has decided that the society > have the better title, and the fragment of the meteor will be placed in > the State University. > > (end) > > Clear Skies, > Mark Bostick > Wichita, Kansas > http://www.meteoritearticles.com > http://www.kansasmeteoritesociety.com > http://www.imca.cc > > http://stores.ebay.com/meteoritearticles > > PDF copy of this article, and most I post (and about 1/2 of those on my > website), is available upon e-mail request. > > The NPA in the subject line, stands for Newspaper Article. The old list > server allowed us a search feature the current does not, so I guess this > is more for quick reference and shortening the subject line now. > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Mon 17 Jan 2005 08:14:07 PM PST |
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