Denver & Rio Grande Railroad v. Griffith

This proceeding was instituted by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company, plaintiff in error, under the eminent domain act, to condemn a right of way over a certain placer claim near the town of Ouray in Ouray county, Colorado, the property of the defendant in error, Emma Vu Griffith. The proceeding was commenced by petition presented to the judge of the district court of the Seventh judicial district in vacation, upon which an ex parte order was made, giving plaintiff in error the right to take possession of said lands for the purposes indicated, upon making a deposit of $1,000 with the…