Town of Sterling v. Pawnee Ditch Extension Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the District Court of Logan County. Hon. E. E. Armour, Judge. Action by The Pawnee Ditch Extension Company against the town of Sterling and J. E. Hurd. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants bring error. Decision en banc, Chiee Justice Steele not participating.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gabbeet
Defendant in error, plaintiff in the court below, brought suit against the plaintiffs in error, as defendants, the purpose of which was to quiet title of plaintiff in appropriations of water which it claimed to have made for domestic and irrigation uses, and for an injunction against the defendants to restrain them from diverting for their use, or interfering in any manner with, such appropriations, to the injury of plaintiff. To the complaint filed the defendants interposed a demurrer upon three grounds: (1) Want of jurisdiction of the court of the subject-matter of controversy; (2) that the…
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