Bailey v. Platte & Denver Canal & Milling Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court of Arapahoe County. Appellants, J. L. Bailey, administrator of the estate of John Witter, deceased, and Ben Brewer, were plaintiffs below, and for cause of action against the defendant alleged that on the 1st day of February, 1884, and at the time of bringing this action, they were the owners in fee-simple of lots 21 to 32, inclusive, in block 9, in Hunt’s addition to the city of Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and state of Colorado; that at the…
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Appeal from District Court of Arapahoe County. Appellants, J. L. Bailey, administrator of the estate of John Witter, deceased, and Ben Brewer, were plaintiffs below, and for cause of action against the defendant alleged that on the 1st day of February, 1884, and at the time of bringing this action, they were the owners in fee-simple of lots 21 to 32, inclusive, in block 9, in Hunt’s addition to the city of Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and state of Colorado; that at the time plaintiffs acquired title to said lots the Platte & Denver Ditch Company was operating its ditch through all of…
1Opinion of the Court
Rising, C.
It is contended by appellants that the Platte & Denver Ditch Company never acquired a right of way for their ditch through the lands now known as “Hunt’s Addition” for a longer period of time than twenty years from the date of the incorporation of said company, and that the sale of all its property and rights by said company to the appellee did not and could not convey to appellee any right of way through said lands, to be held and used after the expiration of said twenty years, that being the period prescribed by the statute for the existence of said company.
The absolute right of…
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- Walley v. Platte & Denver Ditch Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1890