Bowen LJ was asked as to rights of support to land. He said: ‘Prima facie the owner of the land has everything under the sky down to the centre of the earth.’
Judges:
Bowen LJ
Citations:
(1883) 11 QBD 820
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Star Energy Weald Basin Ltd and Another v Bocardo Sa SC 28-Jul-2010
The defendant had obtained a licence to extract oil from its land. In order to do so it had to drill out and deep under the Bocardo’s land. No damage at all was caused to B’s land at or near the surface. B claimed in trespass for damages. It now . .
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Land
Updated: 18 June 2022; Ref: scu.421405