Snoddy v. Bolen
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Vernon Circuit Court. — Hon. D. P. Steatton, Judge. (1) It is competent for the owner to convey his mines by a separate and distinct grant so as to create one freehold in the soil and another in the mines.
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Appeal from Vernon Circuit Court. — Hon. D. P. Steatton, Judge. (1) It is competent for the owner to convey his mines by a separate and distinct grant so as to create one freehold in the soil and another in the mines. War-dell v. Watson, 93 Mo. 107; 3 Washburn on Real Prop. [5 Ed.], p. 416, sec. 31; side p. 625. No one but the owner of the land in fee can dedicate it, or the use of it, to the public, and it is, moreover, essential to a dedication that the owner should intend what he does as a dedication. 3 Washburn on Real Prop. [5 Ed.], p. 79, sec. 7; side page 459. (2) Land is divisible,…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, C. J.
This is an action of ejectment to recover “all the lead and zinc mines” in that- part of Allen street which lies east of lot 16 in Hough & Furnas’ addition to Webb City. Lot 16 -fronts fifty feet on the west line of the street, and the street is sixty-two feet wide, so that the surface of -the ground in question is fifty by sixty-two feet. The essential facts are these: A. W. Hough and Isaac Furnas, being the owners of .sixteen acres of land, laid the same off into lots, streets and alleys. At the same time they executed the following deed: Wfe, A. W. Hough and Isaac Furnas, “owners of the…
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