Rights to support of land: If land is improved by buildings and can adjacent landowner’s excavation causes that improved land to cave in, the excavator will be liable only if he acted negligently; strict liability does not attached to the excavator’s actions unless plaintiff shows that, because of A’s actions, B’s improved land would have collapsed even in its natural state.
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What is the liability of a new owner if the former owner dug a hole on a neighbors land intending to make improvements but does not do so. Is the new owner liable for the former owner’s deed or does the neighbor only have a cause of action against the former owner?