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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Scottish Court of Session Decisions >> Young v. Ythan Fishery Board [1878] ScotLR 15_578 (28 March 1878) URL: http://www.bailii.org/scot/cases/ScotCS/1878/15SLR0578.html Cite as: [1878] SLR 15_578, [1878] ScotLR 15_578 |
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Northern Circuit. (Aberdeen.)
(Before
Held by Lord Young— affirming the Sheriff-Substitute of Aberdeenshire (Comrie Thomson)—upon a construction of “The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862, that the annual close-time of 168 days provided to be observed by the 7th section of that Act has no reference to the days of the week, and that where it terminated at twelve o'clock on the night of Sunday, the weekly close-time as fixed by the same section of the Act applied so as to prevent any fishing till six o'clock upon Monday morning.
Counsel for Appellant— Shaw. Agent— H. Maclennan.
Counsel for Respondents— Jameson. Agent— F. T. Gordon.