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70-16-101. Rights of owner in fee -- above and below surface.


     70-16-101. Rights of owner in fee -- above and below surface. The owner of land in fee has the right to the surface and to everything permanently situated beneath or above it.

     History: En. Sec. 1290, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4528, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6770, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 829; Field Civ. C. Sec. 266; re-en. Sec. 6770, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-711.