Legal Opinion

Stratton v. Beaver Farmers' Canal & Ditch Co.

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided June 13, 1927No. 11,650PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Denison

Stratton brought suit against the Beaver Company, defendant in error; a demurrer to the complaint was sustained and the action dismissed, and he brings error.

The prayer was for a declaratory judgment under S. L. 1923, ch. 98 and for general relief. "We think the demurrer should have been overruled.

One ground of the demurrer was that the court had no jurisdiction. The action was brought in Weld while the subject of the action was in Morgan county. That the suit was brought in the wrong county is not ground of demurrer, but change of place of trial-, and is not a jurisdictional matter. If it is…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Vollmar v. StanleySupreme Court of Colorado · 1927
  2. Weiland v. Reorganized Catlin Consolidated Canal Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1916
  3. Conroy v. CoverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1926
  4. Waterbury v. FisherColorado Court of Appeals · 1894
  5. Tarabino v. NicoliColorado Court of Appeals · 1895

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. McCreery v. Groceteria Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1936
  2. Berryman v. BerrymanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1946
  3. McCreery v. Miller's Groceteria Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1936
  4. Hazard v. Joseph W. Bowles Reservoir Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1930
  5. CENTENNIAL CASUALTY COMPANY v. LaceySupreme Court of Colorado · 1956

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