Legal Opinion
Zwick v. Simpson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided December 5, 1977No. C-979PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Pringle
The plaintiff Zwick sought damages for injuries to his real property caused by the defendants’ trespass. Zwick alleged that during the course of a construction project on an adjacent parcel of land, the defendants had uprooted trees and changed the drainage pattern of surface water.
The district court found that the defendants wrongfully destroyed one tree having a replacement cost of $1500. The court also found that the cost of repairing the drainage problem would be $11,062. Accordingly, Zwick was awarded $12,562 in damages. During the proceedings before the district court, Zwick sold the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- General Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Lasalle Realty Corp.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1966
- City and County of Denver v. HinseySupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
- Big Five Mining Co. v. Left Hand Ditch Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1923
- Hoover v. ShottSupreme Court of Colorado · 1920
- Frankfort Oil Company v. AbramsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1966
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Weld County Bd. of County Com'rs v. SlovekSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
- Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. v. AndrewsColorado Court of Appeals · 1987
- " L" INVESTMENTS, LTD. v. LynchNebraska Supreme Court · 1982
- Federal Insurance Co. v. Ferrellgas, Inc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1997
- Slovek v. BD. OF CTY. COM'RS OF WELD CTY.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1985
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