 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
 | Great Britain - 1876 - 268 pages
...face of the earth, but everything under it and over it ; and therefore, if a man grants all his land, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other fossils, his woods, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows * * * . By the name of land, which is nomen generalissimum,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1877 - 640 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 thereby all his mines, his woods, and his waters, as well as his houses, fields and meadows. H. An incorporeal hereditament... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 884 pages
...legal signification an indefinite extent upwards as well as downwards. "Therefore," says Blackstone, "if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby...his waters and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows." Tenement, according to the same author, is a word of still greater extent, and in "its original,... | |
 | Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - Law - 1879 - 1054 pages
...any thing under it or over it; and if a man grants all hie lauds, he grants thereby all his mines, his woods, his waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows. But this maxim states merely a presumption, which may be rebutted by showing a distinct title... | |
 | William Blackstone, Alexander Leith, James Frederick Smith - Law - 1880 - 650 pages
...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...waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows. Not but the particular names of the things are *equally sufficient to pass •• s. 19. them,... | |
 | John Coke Fowler - Coal mines and mining - 1884 - 472 pages
...earth, but everything under it or over it. Therefore, if a man grams all his " lands," he thereby grants all his mines of metal and other fossils, his woods, his waters, and his booses, as Tell as Ms fields. Xot but that the particular names of the things are equally sufficient... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1885 - 626 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 thereby all his mines, his woods, and his waters, as well as his houses, fields and meadows. II. An incorporeal hereditament... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 902 pages
..."includes 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:" 2 Bla. Com. 19. Such is the view universally entertained by the legal profession as to the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 1060 pages
...extensive signification ; also, if a man grants all his lauds, he grants all his mines of metals, and his fossils, his woods, his waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows." 2 Bl. Comm. 16-18. This court had laid down well-defined rules for ascertaining the meaning... | |
 | Horace Gay Wood - Landlord and tenant - 1888 - 858 pages
...that 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...waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meatlows. Not but the particular names of the things are equally sufficient to pass them, except in... | |
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