Legal Opinion
Sleeping Indian Ranch, Inc. v. West Ridge Group, L.L.C.
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided January 31, 2005No. 02CA2329PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge GRAHAM.
Defendant, West Ridge Group, L.L.C., appeals from the trial court’s judgment establishing adverse possession and quieting title in favor of plaintiff, Sleeping Indian Ranch, Inc. (SIR). We reverse.
I. Ownership
The facts in this unusual case derive from a series of contracts for deed under which several persons occupied various portions of an 800-acre tract for a number of years without receiving formal conveyances of title.
SIR is the record title holder of a 40-acre parcel: SW1/4NE1/4, Section 9, Township 46 North, Range 7 West, N.M.P.M., Ouray County, Colorado. West…
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