Tribe must gain full value from Balete Farm

I was never in doubt that the farm rightfully belonged to the tribe under the title of freehold. When you own land and it is freehold, it simply means no one else has any interest whatsoever in the land. The ownership is unlimited (in perpetuity) and that so long as he obeys the laws, the owner may do as he or she chooses with the land and upon death, it will go to heirs.

The significant point of holding land under freehold is also the understanding that your own “above rights as well as beneath rights” or minerals there under (unless specifically excluded by the law). The Balete therefore do not only own the surface rights of the farm but “air rights” and rights beneath the surface except for minerals.