[meteorite-list] Fight Over Meteorite Crashes Into Court

From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:52:54 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <821317.83782.qm_at_web46403.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

My opinion, by busting through the roof, it did more then imbed itself into the the building. It put a hole in it.
Case closed.

Who paid for the damage that was caused? the land owner or doctors?


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--- On Wed, 7/21/10, Thunder Stone <stanleygregr at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Thunder Stone <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Fight Over Meteorite Crashes Into Court
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 3:43 PM
>
>
> List:
>
> I'm curious how this will turn out; may set a precedent.?
> For the owner of the land to own the meteorite, it has to
> "imbed" itself into the land or building... Hmmmm
>
> We'll see...
>
>
> http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/07/21/29000.htm
>
> Fight Over Meteorite Crashes Into Court
>
> By RYAN ABBOTT
>
>
>
> ???? FAIRFAX, Va. (CN) - A family medical practice has
> sued its landlord to determine who owns the palm-sized
> meteorite that crashed through the building's roof into an
> examination room. The doctors say the meteorite is in
> "safekeeping" at the Smithsonian Institutions, which offered
> $5,000 for the space rock, which the doctors want to donate
> for relief work in Haiti.
> ???? Williamsburg Square Family Practice sued its
> landlord, Mutlu Property Management and several members of
> the Mutlu family, in Fairfax County Court.
> ???? The doctors claim that the Mutlus swooped in and
> claimed ownership of the meteorite "after the incident
> garnered local publicity."
> ???? The doctors say they lease the office suite from
> the Mutlu family and are in "exclusive possession of that
> property during [their] lease term."
> ???? "The meteorite did not imbed itself in the land or
> building, and thus did not become a part of the land or
> fixture," the doctors point out.
> ???? The meteorite crashed into an examination in the
> doctors' suite at 5:45 p.m. on Jan. 18 this year. No one was
> in the room when the meteorite broke through the ceiling and
> "came to rest in pieces on the floor," and nobody was hurt.
> ???? The doctors say that Erol Mutlu initially agreed
> to donate the rock to the Smithsonian for preservation and
> study. Then the Mutlus changed their mind, said they
> "intended to pick up the meteorite," and objected to its
> being handed over to the Smithsonian, according to the
> complaint.
> ???? The doctors office says that if the court declares
> it the owner of the "historical artifact," it will stay with
> the Smithsonian, and the money will go to the Haitian relief
> effort of Doctors Without Borders.
> ???? The Practice seeks declaratory judgment. It is
> represented by Keith Marino with Arent Fox.
> ???
> ????????
> ?????? ???
> ?
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