Excerpt from Select Cases: And Other Authorities on the Law of Conveyances and Related Subjects The same kind of accession takes place in an island rising in a river, which, if it occupies the middle of the river, is common to those who on each side of the river have farms on the bank, in proportion to the width on the bank of any farm; but if it is nearer to one side, it belongs to those only who on that side have farms on the bank. But if an island rises in the sea, which seldom happens, it belongs to the occupier. Yet do not suppose that the private land of any one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.