| Herbert Broom - Legal maxims - 1852 - 616 pages
...word "land," which is nomen generalissimum, 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 thereby all his mines, his woods, his waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows.3 Where, however, a demise... | |
| George Atkinson - Bailiffs - 1854 - 360 pages
...between the surface of any land and the centre of the earth, belongs to the owner of the surface ; as is every day's experience in the mining countries....that the word ' land ' includes not only the face of earth, but everything under it or over it. And therefore, if a man grants all his lands, he grants... | |
| 1855 - 570 pages
...line between the surlace of any land and the centre of the earth, belongs to the owner of the surface: as is every day's experience in the mining countries....the earth, but every thing under it, or over it." (2 131. Com. p. 18.) If, therefore, the owner of land having valuable iron, lead or copper ore in it,... | |
| William Woodfall, Samuel Bealey Harrison, Henry Horn - Landlord and tenant - 1856 - 1138 pages
...Litt. 64. BOOK I. signification, any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever ; so the word 'land' SECT. 2. ' includes, not only the face of the earth, but every...thing under it or over ~ it ; and therefore if a man grant all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other fossils, his woods, his waters,... | |
| Law - 1858 - 488 pages
...the deed of conveyance, pass buildings thereon, and minerals and mines thereunder. For it is clear that the -word " land " includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under or over it (Shepp. Touchst. 90 ; 4 Bing. 90 ; Raine v. Alderson, 1 Arnold, 329-).... | |
| Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Dictionaries, Law - 1859 - 736 pages
...line between the surface of any land and the centre of the earth, belongs to the owner of the surface. So that the word " land" includes not only the face of the earth, but any thing under it or over it 2 Bl. Com. 18. See Land. also jurisdiction of the accessory. Bract. 481... | |
| William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1860 - 874 pages
...between the surface of any land and the centre of the earth, belongs, to the owner of the surface ;* as is every day's experience in the mining countries....only the face of the earth, but every thing under it, use the water which flows in the stream ; and, consequently, no proprietor can have the right to use... | |
| Andrés Castillero - New Almaden Mines - 1861 - 1066 pages
...of land at common law, tells us that land has indefinite extent downwards as well as upwards ******* so that the word land includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it * * * * * * and therefore, if a man grants A all his lands, he grants thereby all... | |
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