Cox v. Revelle
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Somerset County. (Pattisoh, O. J., and Staheoed, J.) The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtUrner, J.
The Board of Shellfish Commissioners, acting under authority conferred by Chapter 711 of the Acts of 1906, leased to the appellant, on May 20, 1912, for the term of twenty years, a lot of ground in the bed of Manokin River, in Somerset County, to' be used for the purposes of oyster culture. It was the intent and policy of the law that natural oyster beds or bars should not be subject to lease for private use, but should be reserved as public ■ oyster fisheries for use in common by the people of the State nnder suitable regulation and license. The land demised to the appellant had originally…
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