Cherry Point Fish Co. v. Nelson

The opinion of the court was delivered hy

Fullerton, J.

The respondent is the locator and in possession of a certain pound net fishing location situate in the waters of Puget Sound off the mainland between Cherry Point and Sandy Point, in Whatcom county, and maintains and operates thereon a pound net, for the purpose of catching salmon, under a license issued to it by the fish commissioner of the state. In 1899 the appellants procured from the fish commissioner a pound net license, and thereafter indicated a location and constructed a pound net at a place in front of, and some three thousand…