Kerr v. Burns
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the District Court of La Plata County. Hon. James L. Russell, Judge. Action by Thomas D. Burns, Mary Callen, A. J. Buchanan, J. W. McCaw and Edgar Buchanan against Thomas A. Kerr and Erwin W. Mead. From the decree, defendant Kerr brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Helm
The most important objection presented by the record before us rests upon the assertion of counsel *288for plaintiff in error that the complaint filed herein fails to state a cause of action. This contention would, if true, of course, nullify the proceedings below and require a reversal of the judgment entered upon such complaint.
The present action is in equity; it is based upon the refusal of plaintiff in error and another to comply with a decree entered in 1897, adjudicating water priorities to appropriators from Hermosa creek, in La Plata county; such refusal resulting in injury to defendants…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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