Conant v. Jordan
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In Equity. In equity. On report. Bill in equity brought by Frederick O. Conant, Alpheus G. Rogers, and the Great Pond Club, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Maine, against Edward D. Jordan and ten others, wherein in substance the plaintiffs claimed to be the owners of a certain tract of laud situate in the town of Cape Elizabeth, "together with certain waters thereon, all containing two hundred and fifty acres more or less, known as the Great Pond…
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In Equity. In equity. On report. Bill in equity brought by Frederick O. Conant, Alpheus G. Rogers, and the Great Pond Club, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Maine, against Edward D. Jordan and ten others, wherein in substance the plaintiffs claimed to be the owners of a certain tract of laud situate in the town of Cape Elizabeth, "together with certain waters thereon, all containing two hundred and fifty acres more or less, known as the Great Pond property,” and praying that the defendants be enjoined "from entering upon the complainants’ said lands, or upon said pond;…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
This is a bill in equity praying for an injunction. The plaintiffs claim to be the owners of Great Pond in the town of Cape Elizabeth, of the soil underneath it, and of lands adjoining it, and they seek to enjoin the defendants from entering upon the pond, and from fishing and shooting upon it. The defendants claim that Great Pond is a public pond, upon which the public has the right of free fishing and free fowling. This is the issue.
Great Pond contains more than ten acres, and comes within the terms of the Ordinance, or Body of Liberties, declared by the General Court of the Massachusetts…
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