Hayden v. Noyes
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. This was an action of debt, brought originally, by Noyes, before Joseph Chadwick, Esq. a justice of the peace for New-London county, to recover of the defendant, Hayden, the sum of five dollars, alleged to be due from him as a forfeiture for the breach of certain by-laws of the town of Lyme, passed on the 6th of October, 1823. These were set forth in the declaration, consisting of five sections.
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IN ERROR. This was an action of debt, brought originally, by Noyes, before Joseph Chadwick, Esq. a justice of the peace for New-London county, to recover of the defendant, Hayden, the sum of five dollars, alleged to be due from him as a forfeiture for the breach of certain by-laws of the town of Lyme, passed on the 6th of October, 1823. These were set forth in the declaration, consisting of five sections. The first section prohibited the taking, by any person, of more than six bushels of oysters, within the limits of that town, in any one week. The second section appointed a committee, for…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
Towns having clams and oysters within their respective limits, or in the waters and flats to them adjoining and belonging, have power to make by-laws to regulate the fisheries of such clams and oysters, and to preserve the same. Stat. p. 227.
That the place where the clams and oysters were taken by Hayden, was within the political jurisdiction of the town of Lyme, if not within the limits of its charter, is indisputable. Every part of Connecticut river, so far as relates to jurisdiction, is within some town in the state ; or these waters would be a sanctuary for debtors and…
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