Bijou Irrigation District v. Cateran Land & Livestock Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Denison
Defendant in error was plaintiff below and had a verdict and judgment against plaintiff in error for $15,000 on account of damage to its land by seepage from defendant’s reservoir. The plaintiff in error argues three points: 1. The evidence is insufficient; 2. The jury viewed the premises and looked at certain holes of which no testimony had been given; 3. Erroneous instructions were given and proper ones refused.
As to the first, the engineer witnesses for both sides *95say that the source of some of the water on plaintiff’s land was the reservoir of defendant. The only practical question for…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Melcher v. BeelerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1910
- Riverside Water Co. v. GageCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- Mustang Reservoir, Canal & Land Co. v. HissmanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1910
- Sill v. ReeseCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
- Hanrahan v. Mayor of Baltimore CityCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1911
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- State ex rel. Stock Inspection Commissioners v. NelsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1924
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