 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 924 pages
...for an indefinite period. Such a privilege falls exactly within the definition of a license, viz., "an authority to do a particular act or series of acts upon another's land without possessing any estate therein." East Jersey Iron Co. v. Wright, 5 Stew. Eq. 358. The following cases... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1832 - 536 pages
...for it is a [icrinanent interest in another's land, with a right at all times to enter and enjoy it. But a license is an authority to do a particular act, or series of acts, upon another's land, without possessing any estate therein. It is founded in personal confidence, and is not assignable. This distinction... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Frederick Watts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 538 pages
...of August 1771 ; and that this breach in the defendants' claim of title, is fatal to their defence. A license is an authority to do a particular act or series of acts upon another's land, without possessing any interest therein. It is founded in personal confidence and favour, and is not assignable.... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Chancery - Equity - 1850 - 826 pages
...But the court held, that it was more than a license ; it was the transfer of an interest in lands. A license, is an authority to do a particular act or series of acts, upon another's land, without possessing any estate therein. A claim for an easement, must be founded on prescription or a grant... | |
 | Robert Henley Eden Baron Henley - Forms (Law) - 1852 - 770 pages
...succession ; and the servient tenement is transmitted subject to the easement, in like manner. Jb. A license is an authority to do a particular act or series of acts, upon another's land, without possessing any estate therein. A license when executed will prevent the owner of the land from maintaining... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1854 - 684 pages
...one, for it is a permanent interest in another's land, with a right at all times to enter and enjoy it But a license is an authority to do a particular act, or series of acts, upon another's • Webb v. Paternoster, Palmer't Rep. 71. 2 Eq, Co. Abr. 622. Short v. Taylor, cited ibid. Winter... | |
 | Andrew Amos, Joseph Ferard, William Hogan - Fixtures (Law) - 1855 - 364 pages
...; but this license was by parol, and is said to be within the Statute of Frauds. 3 Kent's Com. 452. "A license is an authority to do a particular act. or series of acts, upon another's land, without possessing any estate therein ; it ia founded on personal confidence, and is not assignable, nor within... | |
 | Alexander Ralston Tiffany - Justices of the peace - 1859 - 656 pages
...revocable at the will of the grantor — 1 Cow., 568 — unless upon a valuable consideration — post. It is an authority to do a particular act, or series of acts, upon another's land, and conveys no interest therein ; it is executory, and may be revoked at pleasure ; but acts done under... | |
 | Emory Washburn - Real property - 1864 - 776 pages
...susceptible of a permanent enjoyment by one man in another's land, such as that of way or light or air.3 2. A license is an authority to do a particular act or series of acts upon another's land, without possessing any estate therein.4 3. An easement implies an interest in the land which can only be created... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1866 - 716 pages
...Eddy, 7 Barb. 75. Ex parts Ooburn, 1 Cowen, 568.) In Kent's Com. (vol. 3, p. 452,) the author says : " License is an authority to do a particular act or series of acts upon another's land without possessing any estate therein. It is founded on personal confidence, and is not assignable, nor within... | |
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But a license is an authority to do a particular act, or series of acts, upon another's land, without possessing any estate therein. 
