STATE WINS IN COURT SUIT ON FISH NET SIZE
State Wins In Court Suit on Fish Net Size Industry Exists Solely by Permission of Government, Ruling Order of the state conservation commission increasing the size of the mesh of fish nets vfts...
...Directors are Joe Breber, Mrs...
...Eugene Mielke, vice president...
...These plaintiffs are dealing with a fish supply which is not the private property of these plaintiffs but is the public property of the people of Wisconsin...
...The fact that commercial fishing is an important industry docs not mean that Ihe state may not regulate it and change the regulation of it," the Judge held...
...Whether the commission acted wisely or whether its orders contain contradictions are not matters for the court to decide in reviewing the commission order but those matters can be brought out should any one be arrested for violation of commission rules, Judge Reis said...
...The state could prohibit commercial fishing altogether, thus destroying the plaintiff's business, and they would have no legal standing to assert protection under their license...
...Their business exists by the consent of the state and that consent may be cancelled or changed as readily as it is given...
...Eugene Mielke...
...West End Progressives To Hold Dance April 27 MILWAUKEE—The West End Progressive Club, Inc., will hold a dance Saturday, Apr...
...27, at the Labor Hall, 6335 National ave...
...and William Barborich...
...Officers of the club arc Ben Tasch-mer, president...
...Lawrence Cooke, secretary, and William Tiholiz, treasurer...
...State Wins In Court Suit on Fish Net Size Industry Exists Solely by Permission of Government, Ruling Order of the state conservation commission increasing the size of the mesh of fish nets vfts upheld last week when Circuit Judge Alvin C. Reis threw out of a court a suit brought by commercial fishermen of the Green Bay area to set aside the commission order...
...West Allis...
Vol. 10 • April 1940 • No. 17
