 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
 | Samuel Charles Wiel - Riparian rights - 1911 - 1028 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 all...waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows. ' 13 Such is the view universally entertained by the legal profession as to the effect of... | |
 | Charles Erehart Chadman - Law - 1912 - 624 pages
...the 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 [*19] the things are *equally sufficient to pass them, except... | |
 | Roscoe Pound - Common law - 1913 - 660 pages
...the 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 w:ell as his fields and meadows. Not but the particular names of the things are equally sufficient to pass them, except in... | |
 | William Livesey Burdick - Real property - 1914 - 686 pages
...extensive signification; also, if a man grants all his lands, 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. Washburn says : "Land is always regarded as real property, and ordinarily... | |
 | E. Hilton Jackson - Latin language - 1915 - 348 pages
...direct line between the surface and the centre of the earth belongs to the owner of the surface ; and if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines, woods, waters, and houses, as well as his fields and meadows. (See Maxims 32, 973.) 161. Culpd caret,... | |
 | Law - 1915 - 1088 pages
...nomen generalissimum, includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it; and if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines, woods, waters, and houses, as well as his fields and meadows.' By this must be meant that he also grants... | |
 | Law - 1920 - 904 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." Lenfers v. Henke, 73 111. 405. Land signifies any ground forming part of the earth's surface... | |
 | Raoul Eugene Desvernine - Claims - 1921 - 168 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;' 2 Bla. Com. 19. Such is the view universally entertained by the legal profession as to the... | |
 | Hiram Leonard Jome - Radio - 1925 - 360 pages
...or over it. And therefore if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metals and other fossils, his woods, his waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows." In another connection he says: "Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum, is the maxim of... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 1242 pages
...1077, 14 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1148. If a man grant all his land, he grants thereby all the mines of metal or other fossils, his woods, his waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows. 2 Bl. Com. 19. Where individuals convey lands, the minerals of gold and silver pass unless... | |
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