Re: Overheard on the scanner

David Friedman wrote:
> In article <9v17245b0ettf1j4p90pnrl596n0t543gg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  Douglas Berry <penguin_boy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>> Two questions:
>>>
>>> 1. What is your view of the origin of rights to property in land? How 
>>> did you get the right to exclude trespassers?
>> By laying down the money for a specified plot and assuming legal
>> responsibility for it. 
> 
> How did the person you bought the land from get that right, in order 
> that he could transfer it to you? How about the person he bought it 
> from? Repeat as necessary.
> 

The King - or one of his vassals - granted it to them?

Go far enough back, anywhere, and you'll find the original owner just 
stopped there and built a house and/or planted some crops. A Non 
Domino.  Which equates to "taking legal responsibility for it".

-- 
Jette Goldie
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