Supreme Court of North Carolina March 5, 1941 (Davis v. Federal Land Bank)

ScheNck, J.

Title to the surface of the earth and title to the mining and mineral rights under the surface may be severed, and the mining and mineral rights being a part of the realty, title thereto is governed by the ordinary rules governing title to real property, and when severed they constitute two distinct estates.

Vance v. Pritchard,

213 N. C., 552, 197 S. E., 182;

Hoilman v. Johnson,

164 N.