Town of Greenwood Village v. District Court

This is an original proceeding in the nature of certiorari. We will refer to the Town of Greenwood Village as the Town and to the respondents by name.

May 24, 1957, the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe county and the Department of Highways of the State of Colorado filed their petition in condemnation against numerous defendants, in which they alleged facts essential to the exercise of the power of eminent domain. The petition concluded with a prayer for relief as provided for in the condemnation statute. All the property sought to be condemned lies within the boundaries of the Town.…