Chapter

Wild Animals

From Property: Volume 1 Christian Turner Assistant Professor of Law University of Georgia School of Law eLangdell® Press 2012 by Christian

Concepts

  1. Occupancy

    "Mr. Sanford, for the plaintiff, argued that animals ferae naturae belong to no one until property is acquired through occupancy. Finding, hunting, and pursuit are all that the plaintiff’s declaration

  2. Pursuit

    "Mr. Colden, for the defendant, admitted that pursuit alone does not ordinarily give a right of property in animals ferae naturae and that occupancy is necessary to establish title. He argued, however

  3. Court Holding

    "The court held that a fox is an animal ferae naturae and that property in such animals is acquired by occupancy only. Justinian, Fleta, Bracton, and Puffendorf establish that pursuit alone gives no p

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