Legal Opinion

Rio Grande Junction Railway Co. v. Orchard Mesa Irrigation District

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided January 15, 1918No. 8970PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to Mesa District Court, Hon. Thomas J. Black, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hill

The plaintiff in error, hereafter called the plaintiff, elected to stand upon its second amended complaint after a demurrer had been sustained thereto. It contained three alleged causes of action growing out of the same transaction, and which entitled it, if at all, to but one judgment. The first count, in substance, alleges that the defendant is an irrigation district; that in November, 1909, it entered into a written contract with the plaintiff (ratified by its electors at an election held for that purpose, etc.), whereby the plaintiff agreed to raise its tracks on the north bank of Grande…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Forbes v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1896
  2. Berkey v. Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1910
  3. Cripple Creek Mining Co. v. BrabantSupreme Court of Colorado · 1906
  4. Spaulding v. SaltielSupreme Court of Colorado · 1892
  5. Beeney v. IrwinColorado Court of Appeals · 1895

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Burbank Irrigation District No. 4 v. DouglassWashington Supreme Court · 1927
  2. City of Sterling v. Commercial Savings BankSupreme Court of Colorado · 1947
  3. Alpha Corp. v. Denver-Greeley Valley Irrigation DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1942
  4. Employers Mutual Insurance v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1937
  5. Kiles v. Trinchera Irr. Dist.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1943

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