 land" includes not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it, or over it. And therefore, if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other fossils, his woods, his waters, and his houses, as w:ell as his fields...  Political Economy: Its Objects, Uses, and Principles: Considered with ... - Page 73by Alonzo Potter - 1840 - 318 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry John Stephen - Law - 1863 - 812 pages
...word " land " includes not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it or over it (e). And therefore if a man grants all his lands, he grants...waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows. Not but the particular names of the things are equally sufficient to pass them (f); but the... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1865 - 642 pages
...earth, belongs to the owner of the surface; as is every day's experience in the mining countries. And therefore if a man grants all his lands, he grants...waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows. II. An incorporeal hereditament is a right issuing out of a thing corporate, whether real... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1867 - 926 pages
...of the earth, but every thing under it, or over it. J And therefore, if a man grants all his land«, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other...waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and [*19] meadows. Not but the particular names of the things are 'equally sufficient to pass them, except... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1872 - 776 pages
...word '• land " includes not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it, or over it. And therefore, if a man grants all his lands, he grants...waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows. Not but the particular names of the things are *equally sufficient to pass them, except in... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 730 pages
...not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it. And, therefore," he continues, "if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby...waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows." (Book II. 19.) Such is the view universally entertained by the legal profession as to the... | |
 | John Coke Fowler - Coal mines and mining - 1872 - 512 pages
...but everything under it or over it. Therefore, if a man grants all his " lands," he thereby grants all his mines of metal and other fossils, his woods,...his waters, and his houses, as well as his fields. Not but that the particular names of the things are equally sufficient to pass them ; but the distinction... | |
 | George Poulett Scrope - Economics - 1873 - 492 pages
...man, in every * " The word ' land ' includes not only the face of the earth, but everything und>;r it, or over it. Therefore, if a man grants all his...waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows." — Blackstone's Commentaries, II. c. ii. p. 18. phase of his condition, from the extreme... | |
 | William Blackstone, David Mitchell Aird - Law - 1873 - 386 pages
...for the word land includes, not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it, and therefore if a man grants all his lands, he grants...his mines of metal and other fossils, his woods, his lands covered with water, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows. Mines, lying under a piece... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1875 - 860 pages
...Townley w. Gibson. 2 TR 705. — CHITTY. dr over it.1 And therefore, if a man grants all his [ande, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other...fossils, his woods, his waters, and his houses, as welt as his fields and meadows. Not. but the particular names of the things are *equally sufficient... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1876 - 782 pages
...word '• land" includes not only the face of the earth, but every tiling under it, or over it. And therefore, if a man grants all his lands, he grants...fossils, his woods, his waters, and his houses, as well аз his fields and meadows. Not but the particular names of the things are *equally sufficient to... | |
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