Hey Sing Ieck v. Anderson

McKee, J.:

This was an action of claim and delivery for one net, three boats, and fishing tackle alleged to have been taken and wrongfully detained from the plaintiff.

It appears that the property belonged to the plaintiff, who had rented it to certain Chinese fishermen, for the purpose of fishing in the tide-waters of the State. In December, 1878, these men, who had possession of the property, were catching fish in what is known as Montezuma Cut-off Slough, within the jurisdiction of Solano County, by casting and extending their nets more than one-third the way across the slough. That…