Actually, the case I was thinking of _was_ in Kentucky in 1929:
Edwards v. Sims 232 Ky. 791, 24 S.W.2d 619 (1929). The question was
really whether neighboring landowner should be permitted to survey
Great Onyx Cave to verify whether or not it went under his land, but
the assumption was that if it did, he could forbid showing that part
of the cave. Appears to be a famous case; Google finds 324,000 hits
for "Edwards v Sims." I have a photocopy of the appeals court
decision, including a dissent, that is pages 58 to 63 in some unknown
(to me) book. The dissent argues that, although indeed one owns the
land and everything under it to the center of the earth, that
ownership really only applies to things that the owner can make use
of. A cave without an entrance on his land wouldn't count. But the
majority of the appeals court ruled the other way.
No doubt other similar cases have arisen from time to time. -- Mixon
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