Keene v. Gifford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for trespass. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the plaintiff, to this court, on appeal, on agreed facts, which are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The agreed facts show that the defendant took oysters from flats in the tide waters of Bourne, in Buzzard’s Bay, at a time when those flats were under license to the plaintiff. The license was issued on April 26, 1890, and the oysters were taken in the following October; but the defendant had had a license of the same flats, which had expired by its own limitation in June, 1889, when there were on the flats about five hundred bushels of oysters which he had placed there. He applied for a renewal of his license, but, although notified by the selectmen that they had concluded to grant it, he…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Fleet v. HegehanNew York Supreme Court · 1835
- Commonwealth v. ManimonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- People v. . HazenNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
3Cited by4 opinions
- Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co. v. HenshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Griffith v. SavaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Taylor v. Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Howes v. Town of BarnstableMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934