L.I.P.HOLDINGS & MINERAL RIGHTS
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP IN FEE SIMPLE. AN IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. [United Pekss Assooutiom.] WELLINGTON, Thursday. In the appeal case Commissioner of Crown Land 6 v. Bennie, judgment was for the respondent. The point involved waß the right of the owner of a lease in perpetuity, who had purchased the fee simple, to minerals under ground. The Court held that subsection 2 of section 157 seemed to have been expressly framed to meet such a case. It showed clearly enough that if it was no part of the policy of the law that the Crown should retain minerals when the owner also purchased freehold. The interests of the Crown would be protected by the provision that the value of the minerals was to be paid for by the purchaser, The question of costs was reserved, and leave was given to appeal to the Privy Council.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 29 July 1909, Page 2
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