Siedler v. Seely

The substantial controversy between the parties to this action is not presented by this record in such way that the court is at liberty to express its views respecting their legal status as it existed before this suit was begun. This took the form of condemnation proceedings to obtain title to a *500little more than fifteen acres of land covered by water. About six miles northwest of Greeley there is a large lake in a natural depression of the land covering something like two hundred acres. All of it except the fifteen acres sought to be reached by this proceeding belonged to Seely, the appellee.…