Supreme Court of Connecticut June 15, 1875 (Bristol v. Ousatonic Water Co.)

Park, 0. J.

We do not deem it necessary to determine whether a party is entitled by the common law to have the waters of a river connected with the ocean kept free of obstructions from its mouth to its source, so that the fish known as shad may have a free and uninterrupted passage to his fish*412ing ground; for however the ■ common law may he in this respect, we are satisfied that the plaintiff