Land Rights Incidental to Ownership

Question 1

Lateral & Subjacent Support/Landowner’s Right (1)

Answer 1

A landowner has a right to have his land supported in natural state by adjoining land.

Question 2

Lateral & Subjacent Support/Strict Liability

Answer 2

If the land has buildings on it, the excavating (digging, mining) landowner is strictly liable for damage to the buildings, but only if he was negligent or the land would have been damaged by the excavation even without the buildings.