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STATE v. STAFFORD & SONS, INC.

No. 4282.

99 N.H. 92 (1954)

STATE v. GEORGE C. STAFFORD & SONS, INC.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided May 27, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis C. Wyman, Attorney General, George F. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General (Mr. Nelson orally), for the State.

Upton, Sanders & Upton (Mr. Richard F. Upton orally), for the town of Meredith, as an intervening plaintiff.

Tilton & Tilton (Mr. Robert P. Tilton orally), for the defendant.

KENISON, C. J.

It is a basic proposition which has become well settled by usage, statute and judicial decision that lakes and great ponds in New Hampshire belong to the public and are held in trust by the State for public use. R. L., c. 182, ss. 17, 18; Concord Company v. Robertson, 66 N.H. 1; Percy Summer Club v. Welch, 66 N.H. 180; State v. Sunapee Dam Co., 70 N.H. 458...

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