Town of Longmont v. Parker
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court of Boulcler County. Action by Edward Parker against the town of Longmont to recover damages for the depreciation of property by the excavation of a ditch in the highway upon which the property abutted. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Beed, O.
Parker, the appellee, plaintiff below, claimed to be the owner of a five-acre tract of land near the town of Longmont. Upon the trial no direct proof of ownership of Parker was offered, but no objection was made on account of the kind of proof offered and admitted, and the ownership will be regarded as conceded by appellant on the trial. Plaintiff had a brick house and some other improvements on his land near the west line of the lot, and resided in it. The lot abutted upon the east line of the public highway, sixty feet in width. The house was about twenty-five feet from the line of…
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