Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. v. City of Sterling

Certiorari was granted to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in City of Sterling v. Plains Investment Co., 32 Colo. App. 115, 511 P.2d 512.

In October of 1970, the State Department of Highways and the City of Sterling filed a petition in condemnation to acquire a fee simple absolute in a thirty-five foot strip of land for a highway right-of-way. Plains Investment Company, who owned the subject property, had leased the lot to Montgomery Ward and Co. Wards operated a catalog store and auto repair garage at this location. Wards’ lease was for a term of ten years to June 30, 1979, and…