References: [1777] UKHL 6_Paton_795
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Ratio 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.
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