Northern Colorado Irrigation Co. v. Richards
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. This is an action brought by David M. Richards against The Northern Colorado Irrigation Company, in the district court of Arapahoe county, to recover damages for its refusal to furnish water for irrigation purposes. The complaint contains two distinct causes of action.
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Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. This is an action brought by David M. Richards against The Northern Colorado Irrigation Company, in the district court of Arapahoe county, to recover damages for its refusal to furnish water for irrigation purposes. The complaint contains two distinct causes of action. In the first it is in substance averred that in the year 1884 defendant, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the state of Colorado, was the owner of and engaged in operating an irrigating canal for the purpose of irrigating lands lying under it; that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goddard
The assignments of error discussed and relied on for a reversal of the judgment present the following objections : *453First, there was no sufficient demand for water, or tender made therefor, to support the first cause of action; second, that the evidence introduced under the second cause of action was variant from its averments and failed to show such contractual relations between the parties as would entitle plaintiff, as a prior and continuing user, to water in the year 1889, and that the court erred in instructing the jury that the plaintiff was entitled to recover damages for the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wheeler v. Northern Colorado Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1887
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