Rice v. Farmers State Bank

Experience is increasingly convincing to me that the court should, except in extraordinary circumstances, decide cases on the issues submitted, rather than upon unargued grounds which may suggest themselves to the court. As stated long ago by Elliott, J., in Townsend v. Fulton Irrigating Ditch Co., 17 Colo. 142, 29 Pac. 453, “In general, it is inexpedient and contrary to good practice to attempt to review a cause, except so far as counsel give their assistance by brief and argument,” and, even where error is specifically assigned, we have repeatedly held that it will not be considered on…