State Land Board v. State Department of Fish & Game

Mcdonougi-i, justice.

The question here presented is whether the language “reserving to the State of Utah, all coal and other minerals, in * * * [certain lands] * * * ” retains for the State sand and gravel in said lands as contended by the plaintiff. From a judgment so holding the defendant appeals, contending that it owns the land here in question in fee and absolutely, including the sand and gravel therein.

It is not disputed that the defendant Fish and Game Department acquired and owns in fee, subj ect to the above reservation, the land in question, being Section 32, Township 3 South, Range…