Noice v. Jorgensen

Opinion by

Mr. Justice McWilliams.

By writ of error the Noices seek reversal of a judgment of the trial court that Jorgensen is the owner of a ten-foot strip of land constituting the perimeter of a small island lying between two arms of the west branch of the Gunnison river, this so-called “fishing strip” being decreed to be held by Jorgensen “in trust nevertheless, for use by the public for fishing purposes only.”

The Noices contend that they own the entire surface of this small island, subject to this “ten foot easement on the shore for fishing,” and that the trial court accordingly erred in…