Legal Opinion

State v. Allen

Washington Supreme Court

Decided June 18, 1914No. 11902PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Mason county, Mitchell, J., entered March 3, 1914, upon sustaining a demurrer to the information, dismissing a prosecution for the illegal taking of fish.

1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.

Appeal by the state from a judgment dismissing an information, upon the sustaining of a demurrer and the refusal to further plead. The information charged that the respondent did wilfully and1 unlawfully use a fish net for catching fish in the Skokomish river at a point two miles above tide water, the said Skokomish river being a body of fresh water. Thereafter a stipulation was filed, whereby it was agreed that, for the purpose of the demurrer, the court should accept as a fact that the respondent, at the time and place indicated in the information, was using a salmon net, fishing for salmon…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Department of Game v. Puyallup Tribe, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Harper v. GrasserWashington Supreme Court · 1915
  3. State v. VosgienWashington Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Department of Game v. Puyallup Tribe, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1976
  5. State v. AllenWashington Supreme Court · 1914

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