Denver & Rio Grande Railroad v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Garfield County.
1Opinion of the Court
Chiee Justice Campbell
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action, in the nature of ejectment, designated by our code an action for the recovery of the possession of real prop*8erty, was brought by Wilson, the appellee, against the appellant railroad company to recover a strip of ground on which it had built its line of road. The facts are that in June, 1885, the plaintiff, a competent person, entered upon the quarter section of land, of which the strip in question is part, with the intention to acquire title under the preemption laws of the United States, and upon the 20th of that month…
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