Rule-Breaker Journal: When People Broke the Rules in the Craziest Ways!
The Man Who Would Do Anything to Keep His Land
The concept of eminent domain explains that the government can convert private property to public use. However, the Fifth Amendment ensures that this can only be done if the government provides just compensation to the property owners.
Whatever compensation this man was offered must have been insufficient because he went out of his way to keep his land in his name. He even turned it into a graveyard after his wife’s death.
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