Vickers v. Jones

Bell, Chief Justice.

The principal question in this case is whether, under our statutes, residents of this State-who fish in a private pond with the consent of the owner may do so without license, just as the owner himself may do, under express exemption. The plaintiffs, the owner and the lessee of an alleged private fish pond, who sought injunction against the director of wild life and others acting under him, assert the affirmative, while the defendants urge the contrary. Still other questions are presented, but this is the basic question, and the first to be determined.

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