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Show FISHERMEN MUST STAY IN STREAM Fishermen and hunters of Utah have no Hpht on private property. . This is the substance of an opinion handed down by the supreme court of Utah. According to members of the supreme su-preme court this is the first time in the history that the question of the right of a fisherman or hunter has been passed on by the supreme cour The rase was that oi Charles W. Kmidson and others against lames Hull and his son. The defendants j claimed that they had the right to fish and hunt near the mouth of Bear river on land claimed by the plaintiffs, plain-tiffs, when It was overflowed by water. wa-ter. The court holds that all navigable streams are open to the fisherman or hunter, by this, according to the opinion, opin-ion, is meant such streams that a motor boat or steamer could navigate. The last session of the legislature passed a bill providing for the right of fishermen on public streams, but this only provides for the right of the fisherman as long as h keeps to the bed of the stream |