Commonwealth v. Agway, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Fish running in the streams of a state or nation are ferae naturae. They are not subject of property until they are reduced to possession, and if alive, property in them exists only so long as possession continues.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. The Ss Zoe Colocotroni, Her Engines, Appurtenances, Etc.
  First Circuit· 1980-08-12· cited 115×
• New Mexico v. General Electric Co.
  D. New Mexico· 2004-04-06· cited 15×
• State v. Jersey Central Power & Light Co.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1975-03-21· cited 12×
• Attorney General v. Hermes
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1983-08-02· cited 11×
• State Ex Rel. Stuart v. Dickinson Cheese Co.
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1972-07-27· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Ewing
  Somerset County Court of Common Pleas· 1979-01-02· cited 1×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Toomer v. Witsell
  Supreme Court· 1948-10-11· cited 671×
• Geer v. Connecticut
  Supreme Court· 1896-03-02· cited 399×
• Patsone v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1914-01-19· cited 328×
• McCready v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1877-04-30· cited 261×
• Commonwealth v. Patsone
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1911-03-20· cited 21×
• James v. Wood
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1889-12-11· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Papsone
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1910-10-10· cited 9×