Word: trespassings
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...Until recently this principle of property ownership was generally accepted, and air rights above property still sell for vast sums.* But the advent of air transport has vastly complicated Accursius' ancient tenet. When aircraft pass over a man's land or over foreign territory, is it trespass...
...England in 1920 Parliament decided: "No action shall lie in respect of trespass or in respect of nuisance by reason of flight of aircraft over any property." The U. S. Bureau of Air Commerce has made transport flight illegal below 1,000 ft. above congested areas, 500 ft. elsewhere, except when landing. As yet, however, no final Federal decision has clarified the mass of contradictory lower court opinions on property rights v. air rights...
...city of Atlanta, Ga., charging that it permitted planes to fly too low, endangering him. and annoying him by the dust they stirred up. He lost the case. And in the same year a similar suit was dismissed in Pennsylvania with the ruling: "Invasions of the air space are trespass only when they interfere with proper enjoyment of reasonable use of the surface." Last week another court decision on a similar plea added no conclusion to the situation but gave it a fresh slant...
Over a period of ten years Vagabonding has become such a popular pursuit that lately there has been a tendency for some students to trespass upon the precincts of the rightful members of the courses. Enrolled students find themselves crowded off the prayer rug by the pilgrims of other lands. Adequate facilities for the identification and allocation of auditors should be provided in every popular course, particularly in those which have no seating list...
...will subject the owner or operator, if a member of the University, to such disciplinary action as may be proper and to the fine provided for parking on University Grounds contrary to regulations, and if the owner or operator is not a member of the University, to action for trespass...