Tims v. . Potter

The person who has the remainder surely has the jus proprietatis; the person who has the absolute property must have the increase; if the special proprietor could claim it, it must occasion infinite disputes.

The increase cannot be separated from the absolute property. It is a case peculiar to this country. We must have recourse to general principles of justice and policy; and the authority of generally received opinions ought to have great weight, supported by long adoption in cases of property.

NOTE. — The question decided in this case, that the increase of slaves limited to one for life with…