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The land owner was an idiot to let this go to trial. He'd been a lot richer if he constructed a private road and charged a toll. He'd have defacto control of w
by exabrial 3y ago
The land owner was an idiot to let this go to trial.
He'd been a lot richer if he constructed a private road and charged a toll. He'd have defacto control of who crosses and it'd be quite profitable too.
Instead he got caselaw against him and is left with nothing. Lesson about greed here!
- jeroenhd 3y agoThere's a good chance the land owner already rents out access to the public land for quite a lot of money. By allowing corner crossing, people willing to go the long way around can get to the public land for free.