...accumulated, or provi- i ded beforehand for productive purposes, are called by the general term Capital. * " The word ' land' includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it. Therefore, if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other fossils,...

...earth belongs to the owner of the surface ; and hence, the 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,...

...between the surface of any land App. ; and the centre of the earth, belongs to the owner of the surface. The word 'land' includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it (a). "] The right of the appellants to fix these posts in the land of the railway company is in the...

...legal writers, cannot be taken in the present case without due restriction. Blackstone declares that it includes " not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it :" that " by the name of land, which is nomen generalisaimum, every thing terrestrial will pass!" (2...

...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 his mines of metals...

...common law, tells us that land has indefinite extent downwards as well as upwards ******* so th a t the word land includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it ****** and therefore, if a man grants k all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metals and...

...and employed in farthering production ; and under that of land all the natural * " The word 'larrt' includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it. Therefore, if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other fossils,...

...Touching first on the claim of the landowner, the great legal authority, Sir Edward Ooke, states " that the word land includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it. The owner of the soil would therefore be according to the above maxim entitled to the minerals beneath...

...Bailment, 275 ; Woodfall's Landlord and Tenant, 151. COLLET, J., delivered the opinion of the court: The word land includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it. He who owns a piece of land, therefore, is the owner of everything underneath in a direct line to the...

...Land," also, in its legal meaning, has an indefinite extent upwards as well as downwards. So that it includes, not only the face of the earth, 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,...