Legal Opinion

Latta v. Clifford

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Colorado

Decided August 15, 1891PublishedCited by 11 opinions

At Law. The plaintiff, a citizen of Montana, brought her suit in ejectment against the defendant Clifford, as well as the Globe Smelting & Refining Company, for the recovery of the following land, lying in the county of Arapahoe, Colo., to-wit: The S. W. £ of the N. E. £ of section 14, and the S. W. £ of the N. E. £ of section 15, all in township 3 S., of range 68 W. Plaintiff in her complaint alleges that her said lands are worth not less than 8100,000; that she is the…

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At Law. The plaintiff, a citizen of Montana, brought her suit in ejectment against the defendant Clifford, as well as the Globe Smelting & Refining Company, for the recovery of the following land, lying in the county of Arapahoe, Colo., to-wit: The S. W. £ of the N. E. £ of section 14, and the S. W. £ of the N. E. £ of section 15, all in township 3 S., of range 68 W. Plaintiff in her complaint alleges that her said lands are worth not less than 8100,000; that she is the owner in fee-simple of the same, and entitled to the undisputed possession thereof. She dismissed her suit as to the Globe…

1Opinion of the Court

Parker, J.,

(sitting by designation, after stating the facts as above.) The case, as you know, gentlemen of the jury, is one of great importance, and it has been very elaborately, as well as very ably, presented by counsel on the respective sides of it. Not only the questions of law that have been addressed to the court, but the facts, have been argued to you by the counsel, in an honorable, upright, and very able manner. In this verdict you are sworn to find, as in every other verdict, there are just two elements,-‘-first, the truth of the case as you may find it from the testimony, and the…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Schlageter v. GudeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1902
  2. Illinois Steel Co. v. BudziszWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Brodack v. MorsbachWashington Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Jackson v. LarsonColorado Court of Appeals · 1913
  5. First National Bank of Wray v. McGinnisColorado Court of Appeals · 1991

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