Legal Opinion
Board of County Commissioners v. Ritchey
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided May 5, 1994No. 93CA0553PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge DAVIDSON.
In this action for removal of encroachments upon real property, defendants, Lloyd and Margaret E. Ritchey, appeal from the judgment of the trial court determining that plaintiff, Board of County Commissioners of Cheyenne County, Colorado (Cheyenne County), is the owner of a piece of land at the northern boundary of defendant’s farm. We affirm.
The disputed strip of land is approximately 30 feet wide and a half-mile long and has been used as an unpaved road. Several years after acquiring the property, defendants hired a surveyor to locate the section line north of their…
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