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Old Posted Nov 16, 2012, 4:39 AM
migol24 migol24 is offline
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Originally Posted by Komeht View Post
Cuius est solum eius est usque ad caelum et ad inferos.

For whoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to Heaven and dow to Hell.

In modern day this is modified somewhat so that the rights are limited to what you could reasonably use (not going to be building into airline flight paths for example). But yes, a property owner could reasonably use the air above it someday for a skyscraper. Putting a gondola above someone's property would necessarily mean getting an easement or condemning the use of the air space.
Makes no sense that if its yours up to the heavens you'd have to get permission to build highrises, skyscrapers by the city council. A bit off topic but this also makes me wonder that if, hypothetically speaking, I actually had a rocket that would fly me to outer space, the government would allow me to do such thing.
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