Legal Opinion
Douglaston Manor, Inc. v. Bahrakis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 8, 1996PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
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Doerr, J.
The issue raised on this appeal, whether the public right of navigation in waters of a privately owned riverbed includes the right to fish therein, is one that has not been recently addressed by New York appellate courts. We conclude that the right of navigation includes the right to fish.
The facts are not in dispute. The Salmon River originates in Lewis County and flows generally west for 50 miles before it empties into Lake Ontario at Port Ontario. Approximately one mile of the Salmon River bed is located on property owned by plaintiff, Douglaston Manor, Inc.…
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