Collins v. Gerhardt

The plaintiff, a resident of Toledo, Ohio, owns 120 acres of land on both sides of the Pine river in Dover township, Lake county, Michigan. This river is a well known trout stream. It has been stocked by the State. The plaintiff claims the exclusive right of fishery in that part of the stream which flows through his land. Accordingly, at the point where it enters his premises he has strung three strands of barbed wire across from shore to shore and has posted notices warning the public to keep out. On the 21st of May, 1925, the defendant was fishing in Pine river. Disregarding the warning…