Garnet Ditch & Reservoir Co. v. Sampson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from Delta District Court — Roia. Theron Stevens, Judge. •
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Steele
delivered the opinion of the court:. . The complaint charges that the defendant is ¡a corporation of the state of. .Colorado,, and: was, upon the 11th day of April, 1903, and prior thereto, the owner, in the possession of, and operating a certain reservoir called the Bonnie Reservoir, situated on Dry creek, in Montrose county; that water was stored therein by means of a dam across Dry creek; that the embankment or dam burst, and the impounded vmter escaped with such force as tó carry away and destroy a number of cattle that were pastured in the valley below. .
The defendant admits that it had…
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