Rittmaster v. Brisbane
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Lake County. Action for the recovery of real property and damages for its detention. Judgment in favor of plaintiff for possession and $2,700 damages. Defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of Lake County. Action for the recovery of real property and damages for its detention. Judgment in favor of plaintiff for possession and $2,700 damages. Defendant appeals. RICHNER-YAN natta deed referred to IN OPINION: “ This deed, Made this twenty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, between Herman Richner, of the County of Lake and State of Colorado, of the first part, and N. T. Van Natta, of the County of Republic, and State of Kansas, of the second part, “ Witnesseth, That the said party of the first…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Elliott
This action as instituted would have been called ejectment under our former practice. Brisbane, plaintiff below, by his complaint claimed to be the owner in fee of lot 5 in block 3 in the Leadville Improvement Company’s addition to the city of Leadville, in Lake county, Colorado.
Rittmaster, defendant below, by his answer claimed title in fee to the west 100 feet of said lot 5, but disclaimed having any interest in the residue. Both parties claimed the premises by mesne conveyances from William H. Bush as the common source of title.
It appears that Bush, as owner of the property, on July 22,…
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