State v. Morse
Supreme Court of Vermont
Information for bathing in Berlin Pond in violation of an order of the State Board of Health. Trial by jury waived, and trial by court on an agreed statement of facts, at the September Term, 1910, Washington County, Hall J., presiding. The respondent, pro forma, adjudged guilty and fined. The respondent excepted. The opinion states the case.
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Information for bathing in Berlin Pond in violation of an order of the State Board of Health. Trial by jury waived, and trial by court on an agreed statement of facts, at the September Term, 1910, Washington County, Hall J., presiding. The respondent, pro forma, adjudged guilty and fined. The respondent excepted. The opinion states the case. Berlin Pond is an inland body of water, and the shore ownership carries with it, unless expressly reserved, ownership to the center of the lake. Grand Rapids Ice Co. v. S. G. R, Ice Co., 102 Mich. 236; People v. Hulbert, 131 Mich. 156, Under the guise of…
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
The respondent was prosecuted for bathing in the waters of Berlin Pond in violation of a regulation of the State Board of Health. An agreed statement of facts was filed in *390the court below, from which it appears that Berlin Pond is a natural body of boatable water lying in the town of Berlin, which town adjoins the city of Montpelier. It has an area of about three hundred and sixty acres. The city of Montpelier takes its water supply from this pond, — its intake pipe being located in the brook which forms the outlet, at a point some two miles below the pond. This water system has been in…
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