Seven Lakes Reservoir Co. v. Majors
Supreme Court of Colorado
Action for damages to land occasioned by defendants running water through plaintiff’s property. Judgment for plaintiff. Error to the District Court of Larimer County, Hon. Robert G. Strong, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
The suit is by Sarah T. Majors to recover for the destruction of and damage to her land, occasioned by defendants running a large volume of water into and through Dry Creek, a natural channel which crosses her property. Plaintiff had judgment for $2,750.00, and defendants bring the record here for review on error. The parties are referred to as they appeared below.
In 1906 the Seven Lakes company and one B. D. Sanborn, predecessor in interest of the defendant the Boyd Lake company, began to divert water from the Lake Loveland reservoir through Dry Creek to other of their reservoirs for storage…
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