Burke v. South Boulder Canon Ditch Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Action for damages occasioned by alleged negligent operation of an irrigating ditch. Judgment for defendant. Error to the District Court of Boulder County, Hon. George H. Bradfield, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Teller
Plaintiff in error was plaintiff below in an action against defendant in error for damages alleged to have resulted from the negligent operation of an irrigation ditch on plaintiff’s land. The defendant had judgment and plaintiff brings error.
It appears from the record that the defendant’s principal canal approached within about one-half mile of the defendant’s land, and that from the main canal a ditch was constructed, in 1882, across an eighty-acre tract owned by defendant, which ditch was to supply water to the lands of one Price to the east of defendant’s land. This extension ditch was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hill v. WinsorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Jenkins v. Hooper Irrigation Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1896
- Pulsifer v. BerrySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1895
- Earl v. CrouchNew York Supreme Court · 1891
3Cited by2 opinions
- Chabot v. WILLIAMS CHEVROLET COMPANYColorado Court of Appeals · 1971
- Burke v. South Boulder Canon Ditch Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1924