Enright v. Midland Sampling & Ore Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of El Paso County: Hon. Louis W. Cunningham, Judge. Appellant, as plaintiff, brought an action against appellee, as defendant, and also The Colorado Midland Terminal Railway Company, to recover possession of a tract of real estate, and damages for tbe alleged wrongful detention thereof. Such proceedings were had after the issues were formulated and a trial on the merits commenced, that plaintiff asked and obtained leave to amend his complaint.
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Appeal from the District Court of El Paso County: Hon. Louis W. Cunningham, Judge. Appellant, as plaintiff, brought an action against appellee, as defendant, and also The Colorado Midland Terminal Railway Company, to recover possession of a tract of real estate, and damages for tbe alleged wrongful detention thereof. Such proceedings were had after the issues were formulated and a trial on the merits commenced, that plaintiff asked and obtained leave to amend his complaint. Instead of amending, he filed an amended complaint. To this pleading a demurrer was interposed and sustained. Again…
1Opinion of the Court
. Chief Justice Gabbert
delivered the opinion of the court.
By taking leave to, and filing an amended complaint, the plaintiff waived any error committed by the court in sustaining the demurrer to the first amended complaint. — Perrigo G. M. & T. Co. v. Grimes, 2 Colo. 651; Heaton v. Myers, 4 Colo. 59; Hurd v. Smith, 5 Colo. 233; Rockwell v. Holcomb, 3 Colo. App. 1.. For this reason, the alleged error of the court in sustaining the demurrer cannot be reviewed here. There are exceptions to this rule, but on the questions presented by this ease, it does not fall within any of such exceptions.
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