Legal Opinion

Wells v. Caywood

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided December 15, 1877PublishedCited by 41 opinions

Appeal from District Court of Boulder County. Ejectment. The plaintiff below had judgment. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.

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Appeal from District Court of Boulder County. Ejectment. The plaintiff below had judgment. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The trustee’s deed adverted to by the court, and under which plaintiff claimed title, is as follows: • “ This indenture, made the ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, between William W. Caywood, as trustee of Albert W. Benson and C. D. Caywood, of the county of Boulder, and Territory of Colorado, party of the first part, and Catherine D. Caywood, of the county of Boulder, and Territory of Colorado,…

1Opinion of the CourtThatcher, C. J.

This was an action of ejectment brought by the appellee against the appellant in the court below. On the 11th day of August, 1873, Albert W. Benson being at the time the owner in fee of the premises in dispute, made *490a promissory note for the sum of $250, payable to Cathei’ine D. Caywood, the wife of William W. Caywood, two years after the date thereof. On the same date, to secure the payment of this note, Mr. Benson conveyed to William W. Caywood’, as trustee, • the disputed premises, with power to sell and dispose of the same at public auction in the manner prescribed in said deed of trust,…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Inhabitants of Worcester v. EatonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1814
  2. Dundas's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
  3. Burdeno v. AmperseMichigan Supreme Court · 1866
  4. Dawson v. HaydenIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  5. Hovey v. HobsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1863

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Rains v. RainsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1935
  2. Stephens v. ClaySupreme Court of Colorado · 1892
  3. Smith v. GreenburgSupreme Court of Colorado · 1950
  4. Daniels v. BenedictCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
  5. Colorado Cent. R. v. AllenSupreme Court of Colorado · 1889

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