McKenney v. Farnsworth
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This is a bill in equity and went to the Law Court on an agreed statement of facts. The plaintiffs are lobster fishermen of Kennebunkport, and the defendants are Alton B. Farnsworth, Harry C. Wilbur and E. W. Gould, Commissioners, constituting the Commission of Sea and Shore Fisheries of this State. On the 28th day of July, 1921, the Commission gave .notice of a hearing upon the advisability of a close time, within certain defined limits.
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This is a bill in equity and went to the Law Court on an agreed statement of facts. The plaintiffs are lobster fishermen of Kennebunkport, and the defendants are Alton B. Farnsworth, Harry C. Wilbur and E. W. Gould, Commissioners, constituting the Commission of Sea and Shore Fisheries of this State. On the 28th day of July, 1921, the Commission gave .notice of a hearing upon the advisability of a close time, within certain defined limits. The plaintiffs thereupon brought a bill in equity to restrain the Commission from giving effect to the proposed close time, upon the contention that the…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This is a bill in equity and comes up on an agreed statement of facts, the salient points of which are as follows:
The plaintiffs are lobster fishermen of Kennebunkport, and the defendants are Alton B. Farnsworth, Harry C. Wilbur and E. W. Gould, Commissioners, constituting the Commission of Sea and Shore Fisheries of Maine. They will hereafter be called the Commission.
On the 28th day of July, 1921 the Commission gave notice of a. hearing upon the advisability of a close time, within certain defined limits, upon lobster fishing along the coast near Cape Porpoise. The limits are immaterial to…
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