Church v. Meeker
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Trespass, for entering upon land on the shore of Long Island Sound, and taking and carrying away sea weed therefrom ; reserved by the superior court on a finding of the facts for the advice of this court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtButler, J.
This case is of trifling pecuniary consequence, but it has peculiar features, and presents a question of public right to an extended line of beach, the determination of which involves other questions of considerable interest, and we have given it a deliberate consideration.
The declaration charges an unlawful entry upon the land of the plaintiff, and also the taking and ‘carrying away therefrom of a quantity of sea weed, which is an article capable of ownership as personal property, and which was claimed by him. The plaintiff was bound to show the truth of one of the charges, and, (no special…
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