Legal Opinion
Hartford v. Gilmanton
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided November 5, 1958No. 4676PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLampron, J.
Loon Pond which is one of the public waters of the state (RSA 271:20) belongs to the public and is held in trust by the State for public use. State v. Stafford Company, 99 N. H. 92, 96. The title of the State to its bed extends to the natural high water mark. Id., 97. “Any member of the public may exercise a *426common-law right to boat, bathe, fish, fowl, skate and cut ice in and on its public waters.” Whitcher v. State, 87 N. H. 405, 409.
By virtue of its layout in 1815, there was created in Loon Pond Road, so-called, a public easement or right to use as a way all the land within its confines.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Berger v. Town of GuilfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1949
- Flood v. EarleSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1950
- MacDonough Point Corp. v. FieldSupreme Court of Vermont · 1937
3Cited by10 opinions
- Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1994
- Glick v. Town of OssipeeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1988
- Marrone v. Town of HamptonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1983
- Lakeside Lodge, Inc. v. Town of New LondonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2008
- City of Rockland v. JohnsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970
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