IMPORTANT DECISION.
A TARAXAKI CASK. 3y Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, .Monday. In the case Commissioner of Crown Lands, Taranaki. v. .1. B. liennie, Judge Chapman gave a judgment of som ( . general interest. Defendant had obtained a lease for !l!)ll yearn of 244 acres of heavy bush laud, bul hi* right wan restricted to the surface, and the Crown specially exempted the minerals, metals or stone in the sub-soil. Three vearn aftenwards the Act of 111117 ga\> him a right to purchase the fee simple, and the question arooe whether such purchase included th 0 surface only or evcrythiii" underneath. The Judge was asked for a declaratory judgment, and his decision was that the lessee had a right to purchase in the fullest sense, and if he did no. the right of the Crown to the minerals, which Wil* reserved by the lease, was gone.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 77, 27 April 1909, Page 2
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143IMPORTANT DECISION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 77, 27 April 1909, Page 2
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