Buras v. Salinovich

The question in this case is whether the conservation laws of the state give to the holder of a license to hunt and trap wild game and fur-bearing animals; the right to hunt and trap on any and all marsh land, even against the protest of the owner of such land, if the land be subject to tidal overflow, .unfenced, not in cultivation or used as a pasture, and not set apart as a game preserve.

Plaintiff here owns a tract of marsh land, exceeding 5,000 acres in area, fronting nearly 4 miles on the east bank of the Mississippi river, about 85 miles below New Orleans. The land is not fenced, or…