 Sales of land from indigenous persons to both British subjects and aliens were widely upheld.The Pratt-Yorke opinion (1757), a joint opinion of England's Attorney-General and Solicitor-General, declared that land purchases by the British East India Company from the Princely states were valid even without a crown patent authorizing the purchase.In a 1924 appeal from India, the Privy Council issued an opinion that largely corresponded to the Continuity Doctrine