John Livingstone Mitchell, Esq of Parkhall v The Governor and Company of Undertakers for Raising Thames Water In York Buildings, &C: HL 21 Mar 1777

Charter – Superior and Vassal – Right to Coal. – The appellant laid claim to the coal of his lands of Madiston, although in granting the feu the superior had reserved the coal. Held that neither by the clan Act, nor the charter from the Crown, subsequent to the date of the superior’s attainder, was the coal granted to the appellant’s ancestors, but that the right to the same was vested in the respondents, as disponees of the Crown.

Citations:

[1777] UKHL 6 – Paton – 795

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Scotland

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Updated: 27 August 2022; Ref: scu.562004