Consolidated Home Supply Ditch & Reservoir Co. v. Hamlin
Colorado Court of Appeals
Appeal from the District Court of Larimer County. In 1882 appellant excavated a ditch, known as the Home Supply Ditch, over the land of appellee.
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Appeal from the District Court of Larimer County. In 1882 appellant excavated a ditch, known as the Home Supply Ditch, over the land of appellee. In 1888 and 1884 it excavated the Lake ditch below and nearly parallel to the former across the same land; both ditches were on the sidehill and in both at certain points the material through which the ditches were excavated was shale or loose porous rock, at which points the ditches were carried around “draws,” or natural drainage depressions that led down upon, and over the lower and better portion of appellee’s farm. Of percolation and damage…
1Opinion of the Court
Reed, J.,
delivered thfe opinion of the court.
A large number of errors are assigned, many going to the admission and refusal of evidence in establishing the extent of the damage sustained, others going to the instructions of the court. The case has been ably and exhaustively argued by counsel. The court limited the evidence to the period of six years before action brought. The plaintiff testified that in 1884 seepage destroyed about one acre, in 1885 about three or four acres.
The first contention of counsel for appellant is, the fact having been established of the injuries having commenced…
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