Case Name: Weyrick v. The State of Ohio
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1909-05-04
Citations: 80 Ohio St. 723
Docket Number: No. 11490
Parties: Weyrick v. The State of Ohio.
Judges: Crew, C. J., Summers, Spear, Davis and Shauck, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 80
Pages: 723–724

Head Matter:
No. 11490.
Weyrick v. The State of Ohio.
Decided May 4, 1909.
Error to the Circuit Court of Allen county.
Mr. W. E. Young, for plaintiff in error. Mr. H. M. Hagelbarger, prosecuting attorney, for defendant in error.'

Opinion:
Judgment reversed upon the ground that the act of April 2, 1906 (98 O. L., 197), "To provide for the protection, preservation and propagation of fish," being Section 6968-7, Revised Statutes, may not be so construed as to apply to devices in the possession of the owner of a part of a privately owned natural lake, to be used by him for catching fish therein. Judgment for plaintiff in error.
Crew, C. J., Summers, Spear, Davis and Shauck, JJ., concur.