Board of County Commissioners v. Humes

In the trial court defendant in error was plaintiff and plaintiffs in error were defendants. We shall refer to plaintiffs in error as the County, and defendant in error as plaintiff.

Plaintiff’s action was one to recover $777.50, together with counsel fees, as reimbursement for expenses incurred by plaintiff in connection with a proposal to incorporate the Town of Windemere Village in Arapahoe County, Colorado. Plaintiff was the prime mover in this proposal, and was named by the County Court of Arapahoe County as chairman of the appointed Court Commissioners to conduct an election to ascertain…