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Landlord And Tenant--Covenant Running With The Land--Rule In Dumpor's Case, N. E. S. Apr 1941

Landlord And Tenant--Covenant Running With The Land--Rule In Dumpor's Case, N. E. S.

West Virginia Law Review

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On Leasing Gas From Coal Seams, C. C. Williams Jr. Apr 1941

On Leasing Gas From Coal Seams, C. C. Williams Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

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Principal And Surety - Discharge Of Surety For A Lessee By Assignment Of The Lease, H. Martin Peckover Apr 1941

Principal And Surety - Discharge Of Surety For A Lessee By Assignment Of The Lease, H. Martin Peckover

Michigan Law Review

Lands set aside by statute as common property of the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indian tribes were, pursuant to an act of Congress, leased to one Gunther by mining trustees of the tribes. The lease contained covenants to pay "stipulated annual advance royalties," and also provided that no assignment should be made without the consent of the trustees "subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior." Defendant surety company executed a bond for the faithful performance of the terms of the lease, and the same was duly approved. Then Gunther, with the consent of the trustees, but not the …


Deeds - Construction - Effect Of Words Showing Purpose Of Grant, Michigan Law Review Jan 1941

Deeds - Construction - Effect Of Words Showing Purpose Of Grant, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff sought to enjoin defendants from drilling for oil and gas on a strip of land which defendants claimed through a "right of way deed" conveying and warranting the strip to a railroad company "as and for its right of way'' and describing the land as "across and upon" a certain quarter-section. The deed recited as consideration $250 and the benefits accruing to the grantor through the construction and operation of a railroad on the land. Tracks were never laid on the strip, but the railroad company continued to pay taxes thereon. Held, that under Illinois law a fee …