Salmon Fisheries in the River Findhorn. –
(1) Held, that the appellants had right to the fresh water fishings in the Findhorn, and that the boundaries extended from fixed points; and (2) that the respondent had right to the five stells on the east side of the river Findhorn, and that Sir William Dunbar had right to the stells on the west of the said river, and that Mr Brodie had the only right of fishing on the sand beds, and on the east side of the river, at all times of the tide, and also on the west side during the ebbing of the sea, and that he and Sir William Dunbar had right to exercise their stell fishings without any limitations as to the mode of fishing.
[1765] UKHL 6 – Paton – 769, http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/1765/6 – Paton – 769.html
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Updated: 11 January 2022; Ref: scu.560608