Source:
The Story with Dick Gordon
Publication Date:
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Abstract:
A legal conundrum is pending over who owns a particular piece of beach. The case goes back 150 years in history, and it involves land that was originally purchased by a former slave.
Listen to the full podcast at: http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_803_Thinking_Big.mp3/view
Billy Freeman's segment begins at 34 minutes into the program.
Near Wilmington, N.C., a legal conundrum is pending over who owns a particular piece of beach. The case goes back 150 years in history, and it involves land that was originally purchased by a former slave. The property was passed down through the Freeman family, without a clear paper trail. Now there's a development company that claims it has bought up some of the interests. Billy Freeman joins Dick to talk about the history of the beach, and how they plan to sort out the ownership issues.
