Ainsworth v. Munoskong Hunting & Fishing Club
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Chippewa; Steere, J. Bill by Corydon E. Ainsworth and Frank Trempe against the Munoskong Hunting & Fishing Club to enjoin the interference with hunting wild fowl on navigable waters. From a decree for complainants, defendant appeals. A complete statement of the averments in the bill of complaint is found in 153 Mich. 185 (116 N. W. 992, 17 L. R. A. [N. S.] .1236, 126 Am.
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Appeal from Chippewa; Steere, J. Bill by Corydon E. Ainsworth and Frank Trempe against the Munoskong Hunting & Fishing Club to enjoin the interference with hunting wild fowl on navigable waters. From a decree for complainants, defendant appeals. A complete statement of the averments in the bill of complaint is found in 153 Mich. 185 (116 N. W. 992, 17 L. R. A. [N. S.] .1236, 126 Am. St. Rep. 474), when the case was before us upon demurrer, and the court below sustained the demurrer and dismissed the appeal. That decision was reversed, and the case remanded for answer by the defendant. The…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). It is the established law of this State that riparian owners along the Great Lakes own only to the meander line, and that title outside this meander line, subject to the rights of navigation, is held in trust by the State for the use of its citizens. Among these is the common right to fish and hunt. La Plaisance Bay Harbor Co. v. City of Monroe, Walk. Ch. (Mich.) 155; People v. Silberwood, 110 Mich. 106 (67 N. W. 1087, 32 L. R. A. 694); People v. Warner, 116 Mich. 228 (74 N. W. 705); State v. Shooting Club, 127 Mich. 580 (87 N. W. 117); Lincoln v. Davis, 53 Mich.…
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