servitude on surface estate
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 277 U.S. 488 - Kinney-Coastal Oil Co. v. Kieffer · 1928Most cited · 108 citing opinions
a servitude is laid on the surface estate for the benefit of the mineral estate to the end, as the acts otherwise show, that the United States may realize, through the separate leasing, a proper return from the extraction and removal of the minerals
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