Farmers Independent Ditch Co. v. Agricultural Ditch Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the Court of Appeals. This cause comes to this court upon writ of error to the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the district court. The issues are formed by a demurrer to the complaint.
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Error to the Court of Appeals. This cause comes to this court upon writ of error to the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the district court. The issues are formed by a demurrer to the complaint. The plaintiff in error, The Farmers Independent Ditch Company, in its complaint, after the usual formal averments, contains the following allegations : That it is in the lawful possession, control and management of a certain irrigating canal in Weld county, known as the “Farmers Independent Ditch,” and that as such owner it is required to carry and distribute water to…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hayt
In speaking of the phrase “due process of law,” as found in the fifth amendment of the constitution of the United States, in the case of Davidson v. New Orleans, 96 U. S. 97, the following language is used:
“But, apart from the imminent risk of a failure to give any definition which would be at once perspicuous, comprehensive, and satisfactory, there is wisdom, we think, in the ascertaining of the intent and application of such an important phrase in the federal constitution, by the gradual process of judicial inclusion and exclusion, as the cases presented . for decision shall require, with…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Den Ex Dem. Murray v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Davidson v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Beer Co. v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Strickler v. City of Colorado SpringsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1891
- Wheeler v. Northern Colorado Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1887
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