Hume v. Rogue River Packing Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Curry: James W. Hamilton, Judge. Suit by R. D. Hume to establish the exclusive right to take salmon fish in certain parts' of Rogue River. From a decree dismissing the complaint, the plaintiff appeals. Motion to strike out certain matters from the transcript was allowed in part. On Motion to Strike.
1Opinion
Decided December 17, 1907.
On the Merits.
[92 Pac. 1065.]
Opinion by
Mr! Commissioner Slater..Plaintiff, -who is a citizen of. this state), seeks' to establish by this suit a private and exclusive right to take *242salmon fish with seines and nets in the waters of Rogue River from its mouth, where it enters the Pacific Ocean, and extending up the river for a distance of about eighteen miles, and by virtue of his alleged rights he petitions that the defendants be perpetually enjoined from fishing therein with seines and nets for salmon fish. His claim is based on (1) grant, (2) custom and usage, and…
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