Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Recreation District v. Hix

Plaintiff in error will hereinafter be referred to as the District; defendants in error as petitioners or by name.

Pursuant to chapter 199 of the 1955 Session Laws, The Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Recreation District was formed, and two parcels of land owned by the Hix’s and Beulah Blair were included within the boundaries of the District without their consent. Petitioners brought an action in the district court to have their land excluded from the District. They allege that each of the two tracts owned by them was in excess of forty acres; that the land was used primarily for agricultural…