Corner crossing is illegal if you don't have permission to be on private land. Don't like it, buy the land you want to cross or negotiate a trespass fee.
The low altitude airspace being part of the property is just the way it works.
Then it should be no problem for you to point out the specific statute and language in statute saying corner crossing is illegal.
Good luck with that.
It's Wyoming 6-3-303. It's impossible to cross the corner without illegally entering the property of one (or both) of the other corners. If proper notice has been given (and the picture of the signs shows that it has been), it's trespassing which is why he was arrested and charged and will be convicted if he doesn't plea out.
Read the statute, no mention of airspace in title 6-3-303...point out where air space is mentioned or implied.
Its not there....I'll save you the suspense.
Typical BHA ignorance (or just plain stupidity)....like Llama_Bob pointed out, the WY code states that land ownership includes the air rights. When 6-3-303 refers to land, and doesn't provide a specific definition of that term, the term is defined by reference to where the ownership rights pertaining to land are defined elsewhere, which is 10-4-302.
You'd think that the guy who is inciting violations of law and proudly stating that he's going to win the case would know the basics of what the case entails.
I'll enjoy watching BHA get shot down and may even start poking around the docket to see if there's an opportunity for an amicus filing to support the EM ranch. Not that I like being blocked from hunting, but it's their land and their right to prohibit trespassing.
As for this bozo's claim that there is no civil action for trespass without damages, that's idiotic. First, damages can be as low as $1, (and I'd argue that the landowner's damages are more than that, at least the cost of having to set up security to prevent trespassing in the future) and the landowner can get an injunction against the trespassers and those who were complicit, and a jury can award punitive damages if it thinks that some scumbags are engaging in unlawful acts that need to be punished even if there is no substantial monetary loss. Were I counsel to the ranch, I'd file for an injunction against BHA for being the deep pocketed instigation behind the trespassers.
Lord, I loathe BHA Marxists. They're as stupid as they are arrogant.
Last edited by Remsen; 12/02/21.
Eliminate qualified immunity and you'll eliminate cops who act like they are above the law.
