Legal Opinion
State v. Ibbison
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 20, 1982No. 81-62-C.APublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHEA, Justice.
In this case we consider a question involving the interpretation of a provision of our state constitution. Article I, section 17 of the Rhode Island Constitution, as amended by Art. XXXVII, secs. 1 — 2, provides that the people of the state “shall continue to enjoy and freely exercise all the rights of fishery, and the privileges of the shore, to which they have been heretofore entitled under the charter and usages of this state.” The question raised is this: To what point does the shore extend on its landward boundary? The setting of this boundary will fix the point at…
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