Holdout
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Introduction
In 19 14 in manhattan, the city government took ownership of an apartment building belonging to a guy named david hess. They used a legal power called eminent domain, which allows governments to seize private property for public use. Hess fought them and lost. And when it was all said and done, his building was torn down, and he was left with a triangle shaped piece of property. In other words, get off my triangle.
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