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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom House of Lords Decisions >> Parker and Others v. The Lord Advocate [1904] UKHL 491 (17 May 1904) URL: https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/1904/41SLR0491.html Cite as: 41 ScotLR 491, [1904] UKHL 491 |
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Page: 491↓
(Before the
( Ante, March 18, 1902, 4 F. 698, 39 S.L.R. 537.)
Subject_Crown — Mussel-Fishing — Property.
Mussel-scalps on the foreshore and bed of the estuary of a public navigable river belong to the Crown as a patrimonial right, and not merely in trust for the public.
The case is reported ante ut supra.
The pursuers appealed.
At delivering judgment—
Page: 492↓
Counsel for the Pursuers (Appellants)— Haldane, K.C.— Macmillan— Grant Sanders. Agents— J. A. B. Horn, S.S.C., Edinburgh— Bramall, White, and Roberts, London.
Counsel for the Defender (Respondent)— The Lord Advocate (Dickson, K.C.)—The Solicitor-General ( Dundas, K.C.)— Vaughan Hawkins—Pitman. Agents— Davidson & Syme, W.S., Edinburgh— R. Ellis Cunliffe, London.