Legal Opinion
Hartford v. Gilmanton
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided November 5, 1958No. 4676Published
1Opinion of the Court
101 N.H. 424 (1958)
ARLINGTON E. HARTFORD & a.
v.
GILMANTON.
No. 4676.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire.
Argued September 3, 1958.
Decided November 5, 1958.
Harold E. Wescott (by brief and orally), for the plaintiffs.
Nighswander, Lord & Bownes and Conrad E. Snow (Mr. Snow orally), for the defendant.
LAMPRON, 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…
2Cases cited5 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
- Hartford v. GilmantonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1958
- MacDonough Point Corp. v. FieldSupreme Court of Vermont · 1937