A person cannot in law prescribe a right to catch fish for himself and his servants and for his several fisheries, in another man’s land. Though the law knows of easements, a right of fishery is a right to the thing itself – the fish and is not properly an easement.
Citations:
[1694] 4 Mod Rep 355, [1694] ER 441
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Agriculture, Land
Updated: 05 May 2022; Ref: scu.269748
