...of reverfing an order made upon petition, i Vef. jun. 453. 1792. Ex parte (IS) In what Place. I. |N rivers not navigable the proprietors of the land have the •* right of fiftiery on their refpe&ive fides ; and it generally extends adjilum medium aqut. 2. But in navigable...

...Mansfield in delivering his judgment in that case states, " In rivers not navigable, the proprietors of land have the right of fishery on their respective...aquae." " But in navigable rivers, the proprietors of land on each side have it not ; the fishery is common ; it is prima facie in the King, and is public."...

...of exclusive fishery came before the court, his Lordship held the rules of law to be uniform, that in rivers not navigable, the proprietors of the land have the right of fishing on their respective sides, and it generally extends ad Jilum medium aqua; but in navigable...

...The right of fishing is primS facie common to all."— Lord Mansfield. The rule of law is uniform. In rivers not navigable, the proprietors of the land...it generally extends ad filum medium aquae. But in navignble rivers, the proprietors of the land on each side have it not ; the fishery is common ; it...

...to a stranger." This rule was admitted by Lord Mansfield (/), who said, " In rivers not naviga" ble, the proprietors of the land have the right " of fishery...their respective sides, and it " generally extends ad tiiuni medium aquae." Hence it appears that in rivers not navigable, as well as in public ways, the...

...case of Carter v. Murcott, (4 Burr. 2162.) Lord Mansfield held, that the rules of law were uniform ; in rivers not navigable, the proprietors of the land have the right of fishing, on their respective sides, and it generally extended ad filum medium aqiue ; but in navigable...

...side." (eh. 1.) The same principle was declared in Carter v. Mnrcot, 4 Burr. 2163, where it was said, "In rivers not navigable, the proprietors of the land...on their respective sides, and it generally extends adfilum medium aqua: The cases cited prove this distinction, ' that navigable rivers or arms of the...

...Burrows, 2164, and recognized by our supreme court, in the case of Gould vs. James, 6 Cowan, 369, is this: In rivers not. navigable, the proprietors of the land...respective sides; and it generally extends ad filum medium aqucR. But in navigable rivers, the proprietors of the land have it not; it is prima facie in the public,...

...vessels, boats, and other water craft. Per Hosmer, J. The proprietors of the land in rivers not navigable, have the right of fishery on their respective sides, and it generally extends ad fdum medium aqua. The Connecticut is here not navigable. Every river, where the sea ebbs and flows,...

...1826. Ex parte Jennings. next his land." By Lord Mansfield, in Carter v. Murcot, (4 Burr. 21G4,) " In rivers not navigable, the proprietors of the land...respective sides : and it generally extends ad filum medium ofute." The proposition for tlie citizen to establish, then, is that lie is the owner, tcrttnttnl,...