 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
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1979 - 569 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 thereby all his mines of metal and other foflils, his woods, his waters, and his houfes, as well as his fields and meadows. Not but the particular... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Law - 2000 - 468 pages
...beneath the surface of any land and the centre of the earth, belongs to the owner of the surface; and, therefore, if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines. 2 Bla. Com. 18. See Acton ». Blundell, 12 M. & W. 324; Doe v. Freeland, 1 TU 701. See ante, § 5,... | |
 | Michael Taggart - History - 2002 - 272 pages
...16. 1h Ibid., 17-1s. 17 Ibid., 1s (italics in origina0. Blackstone went on to say: 'And therefore it a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all...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... | |
 | Joshua Getzler - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 444 pages
...hut everything under it. or over it. And therefore. if a man grams all hts lands, he grams therehy all his mines of metal and other fossils, his woods, his waters, and his houses, as well as hts fields and meadows. Not hut the particular names of the things are equally sufficient to pass them.... | |
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