If the acreage had been reduced for the oil road, would the area be excepted?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Shaman v Meek, 2019 BCSC 9 (CanLII):
If the acreage had been reduced for the oil road, the inference may have been drawn that the area of the oil road was to be excepted. The decision in Herrick v. Sixby, [1867] L.R. 1 P.C. 436 is instructive in this regard.
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