...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,...

...the owner of the surface, as is every day's experience in the mining countries. So that the word ' land' includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it." The legal rights of the landlord are, however, too plain to require further notice, and I therefore...

...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 everything under and over it. Tenements.] — Tenement is a word of still greater extent; and though, in its vulgar...

...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,...

...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...

...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-). And, therefore, it...

...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...

...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,...

...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...