[meteorite-list] Landowner wins custody battle for meteorite

From: almitt2 at localnet.com <almitt2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:11:48 -0400
Message-ID: <20100619021148.sjlakce7s3oksww8_at_webmail.localnet.com>

Greetings,

Meteorite ownership in the USA was established with the Willamette
Meteorite in Oregon. "At that time the land was owned by the Oregon
Iron and Steel Company. Hughes recognized the meteorite's significance,
and in an attempt to claim ownership, secretly moved it to his own
land. This involved 90 days of hard work to cover the 3/4 mile (1200 m)
distance. The move was discovered, and after a lawsuit, the Oregon
Supreme Court held that Oregon Iron and Steel Company was the legal
owner." (from Wikipedia)

Also the old women established ownership when on government property.

So I think ownership has been established and there isn't any question.
There can always be further law suits though.

--AL Mitterling

Quoting Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com>:

> Very cool... Now, if we can just get certain private sector citizens,
> and people in our own government to remember the landowner owns the
> meteorite found on their property here in the USA.
>
> Anyone know of any other meteorite custody battles going on right now
> here in the USA besides Lorton?
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>
>
> On 6/18/2010 1:17 AM, Jeff Kuyken wrote:
>> Thanks for posting that Greg. I'm glad to see common sense prevailed
>> in the end.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Stanley" <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 5:22 AM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Landowner wins custody battle for meteorite
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/17/2929996.htm?section=justin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Landowner wins custody battle for meteorite
>>>
>>> By Fidelis Rego
>>>
>>> Updated Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:07pm AEST
>>>
>>>
>>> A magistrate has handed down his ruling in a lengthy legal dispute
>>> over a meteorite that landed in south-west Queensland.
>>>
>>> Farm caretaker Tom King found the 25 kilogram chunk of space rock
>>> last year.
>>>
>>> However, the owner of the property where it was discovered, Keith
>>> Wilson, claimed rightful custody.
>>>
>>> The meteorite has been held by police pending a resolution of the row.
>>>
>>> This afternoon a local court found in
>>>
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