Golden Canal Co. v. Bright
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to District Court of Arapahoe County. Bright, the defendant in error, filed his complaint in. the district court of Arapahoe county, alleging that the plaintiff in error was an incorporation, for the purpose of constructing, owning and maintaining certain ditches for the purpose, among other things, of supplying water for irrigation; that he owned and had owned for eight years a tract of land on the line of the ditch of plaintiff in error, the Golden Oanal Company;…
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Error to District Court of Arapahoe County. Bright, the defendant in error, filed his complaint in. the district court of Arapahoe county, alleging that the plaintiff in error was an incorporation, for the purpose of constructing, owning and maintaining certain ditches for the purpose, among other things, of supplying water for irrigation; that he owned and had owned for eight years a tract of land on the line of the ditch of plaintiff in error, the Golden Oanal Company; that the land had been occupied and used as a farm for that time; that the ditch was constructed for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the CourtHelm, J.
Two classes of questions are presented by this record for consideration: First, those involving the rights of the parties under the constitution and statutes *147governing the subject in controversy; and second, those relating to procedure. So far as practicable, these classes of subjects will be separately considered, the former first receiving attention.
First. Our constitution, article 16, section 8, reads as follows: “The general assembly shall, provide by law that the board of county commissioners, in their respective counties, shall have power, when application is made to them by either…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Coffin v. Left Hand Ditch Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1882
3Cited by49 opinions
- Farm Investment Co. v. CarpenterWyoming Supreme Court · 1900
- In re BreeneSupreme Court of Colorado · 1890
- State v. MorganSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1891
- Farmers Independent Ditch Co. v. Agricultural Ditch Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1896
- Edwards v. Denver & R. G. R.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1889
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