Posted on 01/27/2017 6:13:56 PM PST by blam
Back in 2014 Mark Zuckerberg paid $100 million to purchase 700 acres of beachfront property on the North Shore of Kauai. The estate includes 1,000's of feet of pristine shoreline providing the perfect "safe space" for the 30-year-old Silicon Valley Billionaire and his family.
Unfortunately, there was just one little problem with the purchase...technically the sellers didn't own the title to all of that land due to the so-called Kuleana Act, a Hawaiian law established in 1850 that for the first time gave natives the right to own the land that they lived on.
So now, according to the Honolulu Star Advertiser, the Facebook billionaire sued a few hundred Hawaiians who still have legal-ownership claims to parts of his vacation estate through their ancestors. Per Yahoo Finance:
Three holding companies controlled by Zuckerberg filed eight lawsuits in local court on December 30 against families who collectively inherited 14 parcels of land through the Kuleana Act, a Hawaiian law established in 1850 that for the first time gave natives the right to own the land that they lived on.
The 14 parcels total just 8.04 of the 700 acres Zuckerberg owns, but the law gives any direct family member of a parcel's original owner the right to enter the otherwise private compound.
And while Zuckerberg's lawyer attempted to downplay the lawsuits as a common practice in Hawaii, we suspect the idea of defending your private property rights against one of the top 10 richest people in the world is somewhat intimidating and slightly less than "normal."
The quiet-title suits filed are designed to identify all property owners and give them the ability to sell their ownership stakes at auction, according to Keoni Shultz, an attorney representing Zuckerberg.
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Abandon Fecebook.
Every time you log on you make Zuckerface richer.
He uses his wealth against the citizens and the rule of law by financing illegal alien advocacy groups.
George Clooney made a film about a family that owned an estate like this in Hawaii. They never had a wall around it.
Boo freaking hoo.
Look at what he could have bought without being such a Zuckerberg
http://www.landleader.com/land-for-sale/farms
No kidding. He probably could turn a dismal rock no one cares about into a paradise the Hawaiians on shore would demand to have back.
Looks like he has room for a few thousand illegals to move in.
THEN build the wall....
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