SUPREME COURT.
RIGHT OF PURCHASE. Per Press Association. WEIiLINGTO^,'ApriI 26. . In the case of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Tarariakij/v.' J. B. Biiinie, Judge Chapman gave' a judgment of some general interest. Defendant had obtained a'lease for 999 years of 244' acres of Heavy hush land, but life right was restricted to the surface, anfl'tlic.'Crown specially exempted' minerals; .metal's or stone in , the subsoil..! Three years-afterwards the Act of 1907 gave the right to purchase, the fee simple, and-the question arose whether Asiich purchase included, the surface only-or everything underneath. The Judge was asked for si/declaratory judgment and his decision was that the lessee had: the right to purchase in the.fullest sense.'..'.arid, if he did so the right of the Crown tn minerals reserved by the lease was' gone. '"•,"..,'. ■ . ■;■■■ .■
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13888, 27 April 1909, Page 5
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129SUPREME COURT. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13888, 27 April 1909, Page 5
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