[meteorite-list] NP Article, 12-1954 Meteorite Is Center Of Legal Controversy (Sylacauga)
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:45 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV83BfU0TPbxy000138c3_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C32302.96FF0CF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Title: Bridgeport Telegram =20 City: Bridgeport, Connecticut =20 Date: Sunday, December 12, 1954 Page: B-14 METEORITE IS CENTER OF LEGAL CONTROVERSY SYLACAUGA, Ala., Dec. 11 - (AP) A meteorite which struck an Alabama house= wife recently has become the center of a new legal controversy. Mrs. Birdie Guy, from whom Mr. and Mrs. Hulitt Hodges rent their house, h= as hired attorneys to get possession of the nine-pound fragment. Hodges had hired an attorney to get the rock back from the Air Force afte= r it was seized for closer examination, and the meteorite was turned over= to Hodges lawyer in Washington this week. However, Mrs. Guy claims ownership of the rock. She says that since it fe= ll on her property, it belongs to her. Mrs. Hodges was hospitalized for about five days after the thing from out= er space tore through the roof of the house and left her bruised. Scienti= sts said this is the first authentic case in which a human has even been = struck by meteorite. Hodges says he has received offers exceeding $5,000 for the rock. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C32302.96FF0CF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Title: Bridgeport Telegram </P> <P>City: Bridgeport, Connecticut </= P> <P>Date: Sunday, December 12, 1954</P> <P>Page: B-14</P></B> <P>METEOR= ITE IS CENTER OF LEGAL CONTROVERSY</P> <P>SYLACAUGA, Ala., Dec. 11 - (AP)= A meteorite which struck an Alabama housewife recently has become the ce= nter of a new legal controversy.</P> <P>Mrs. Birdie Guy, from whom Mr. an= d Mrs. Hulitt Hodges rent their house, has hired attorneys to get possess= ion of the nine-pound fragment.</P> <P>Hodges had hired an attorney to ge= t the rock back from the Air Force after it was seized for closer examina= tion, and the meteorite was turned over to Hodges lawyer in Washington th= is week.</P> <P>However, Mrs. Guy claims ownership of the rock. She says = that since it fell on her property, it belongs to her.</P> <P>Mrs. Hodges= was hospitalized for about five days after the thing from outer space to= re through the roof of the house and left her bruised. Scientists said th= is is the first authentic case in which a human has even been struck by m= eteorite.</P> <P>Hodges says he has received offers exceeding $5,000 for = the rock.</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a fr= ee on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C32302.96FF0CF0-- Received on Sun 25 May 2003 10:14:12 PM PDT |
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