Legal Opinion

Greeley Irrigating Co. v. House

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided April 15, 1890PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from District Court of Weld County.

1Opinion of the Court

Richmond, O.

This action was brought to recover damages resulting from the alleged negligence of defendants, appellants herein, in the use and maintenance of an irrigating canal. By the complaint it is alleged that the plaintiff, appellee herein, was the owner of a certain lot of land in the city of Greeley, upon which she had set out apple trees, raspberry canes and strawberry plants; that the defendants, the Greeley Irrigating Company and the city of Greeley, were the owners of, and were operating, an irrigating ditch known as “Canal No. 3;” that said irrigating ditch was constructed along…

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Denver City Irrigation & Water Co. v. MiddaughSupreme Court of Colorado · 1889
  2. City of Pekin v. NewellIllinois Supreme Court · 1861
  3. Platte & Denver Ditch Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1884
  4. Wilson v. President, Directors & Co. of Susquehannah Turnpike RoadNew York Supreme Court · 1855
  5. Richardson v. KierCalifornia Supreme Court · 1869

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Fleming v. LockwoodMontana Supreme Court · 1907
  2. North Sterling Irrigation District v. DickmanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1914
  3. East Meadows Co. v. Greeley Irrigation Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2003
  4. Taylor v. Farmers' Irr. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Harvey v. DyerColorado Court of Appeals · 1986

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