The right of lateral and subjacent support is that right which the owner of land has to have his land supported by the adjoining land or the soil beneath. Stevenson v. Wallace, 27 Grat (Va.) 77; Farrand v. Marshall, 19 Barb. (N. Y.) 880; Foley v. Wyeth, 2 Allen (Mass.) 131, 79 Am. Dec. 771; 12 Amer. A Eng. Enc: Law, 933.