Board of County Commissioners v. Dunn
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the District Court of Kiowa County. The board of county commissioners of Kiowa county, on the 26th day of September, 1891, filed their complaint in the district court of Kiowa county against the defendants in error, wherein they in substance allege : That the defendants in error, defendants below, are nonresidents of the state of Colorado; that they are the owners of 1,904 head of cattle ; that about the month of July they brought said cattle into Kiowa county,…
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Error to the District Court of Kiowa County. The board of county commissioners of Kiowa county, on the 26th day of September, 1891, filed their complaint in the district court of Kiowa county against the defendants in error, wherein they in substance allege : That the defendants in error, defendants below, are nonresidents of the state of Colorado; that they are the owners of 1,904 head of cattle ; that about the month of July they brought said cattle into Kiowa county, Colorado, and have since said time kept and herded the same in said county for grazing purposes ; that by virtue of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goddard
The only question presented upon this record is the constitutionality of the act approved February 1, 1879, entitled “ An Act to Protect the Grazing Lands of Colorado from the Stock of Nonresidents.” So much of the act as is necessary to be considered in determining this question reads as follows:
“Section 1. Any person or persons being nonresidents of this state may keep and herd, for grazing purposes, cattle, horses, mares, geldings, mules, asses or sheep in any county in this state, for the period of one year thereafter, by first pa3>ing to the treasurer of the county wherein the said stock…
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