Diana Shooting Club v. Husting
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dodge county: Mabtot L. Ltteck, Circuit Judge. Action of trespass. The complaint' alleges the incorporation of the plaintiff; that on the 24th day of September, 1911, it was lawfully in possession of section 19 in the town of Williamstown, Dodge county, Wisconsin, and was the owner of the exclusive right and title to the hunting and shooting privileges upon said section.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dodge county: Mabtot L. Ltteck, Circuit Judge. Action of trespass. The complaint' alleges the incorporation of the plaintiff; that on the 24th day of September, 1911, it was lawfully in possession of section 19 in the town of Williamstown, Dodge county, Wisconsin, and was the owner of the exclusive right and title to the hunting and shooting privileges upon said section. It then charges that the defendant' unlawfully broke and entered upon the same, trod down and injured the grass, rushes, wild rice, and herbage growing thereon, and disturbed…
1Opinion of the CourtViNje, J.
The ordinance of 1787 establishing the government of the Northwest territory of which Wisconsin formed a part, provided that' “The navigable waters leading-into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and for*267ever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.” The act of April 20, 1836, establishing the territorial government of Wisconsin, provided in sec. 12 thereof…
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