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Re:A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Bu... by georgeburdell on Monday June 08, 2026 @01:20PM (#48448186)
Not a lawyer but my understanding is that a valid contract must involve an exchange of value from both parties
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Re:A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Bu... by rcxdude on Monday June 08, 2026 @03:33PM (#48450455)
Yes, but that value can be pretty trivial. It's not uncommon in the UK to have a 'ground rent' of one peppercorn a year (for weird reasons of property ownership rules of flats).
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Re:A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Bu... by HeyLaughingBoy on Monday June 08, 2026 @06:18PM (#48453099)
Having a rancher grow hay and graze their animals on your property is valuable: it means you don't have to take care of the land, which might otherwise become host to invasive species, or overgrown.

A neighbor used to let us graze horses on his property for the same reason: "that way I don't have to bother mowing it."

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