Brown v. Parker
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Monroe; Kinne, J. Bill by Harvey H. Brown and others to enjoin John Parker and others from hunting on complainants’ land. From a decree for complainants, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The complainants seek to enjoin defendants from hunting ducks on wet and marshy land adjacent to Lake Erie, near Monroe. The defendants insist that the lands are a part of the bed of the lake, and that the public has a right to hunt and fish upon them. See 1 Comp. Laws, §§ 1265-1267; People v. Silberwood, 110 Mich. 103 (67 N. W. 1087, 32 L. R..A. 694); 1 Comp. Laws, § 1261 et seq.j People v. Warner, 116 Mich. 228 (74 N. W. 705); 2 Comp. Laws, § 5875 el seq.j Act No. 171, Pub. Acts 1899. The Federal government surveyed the premises in question, which are bounded by the meander lines of Lake…
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