Ahern v. Board of Directors of High Line Irrigation District
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Cov,rt of Arapahoe County. Hon. Louis W. Cunninghann, Judge. Special proceeding by the board of directors of the High Line Irrigation District for the confirmation of their organization and proceedings for the issue and sale of bonds of the district. The proceedings were contested by Thomas F. Ahern, Nellie M. Ahern, Helen H. Old, John W. Old, George H. Old, Edwin H. Park and Carrie L. Old-P'ark, owning land within the district.
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Appeal from the District Cov,rt of Arapahoe County. Hon. Louis W. Cunninghann, Judge. Special proceeding by the board of directors of the High Line Irrigation District for the confirmation of their organization and proceedings for the issue and sale of bonds of the district. The proceedings were contested by Thomas F. Ahern, Nellie M. Ahern, Helen H. Old, John W. Old, George H. Old, Edwin H. Park and Carrie L. Old-P'ark, owning land within the district. From a decree entered in accordance with the petition, the contestants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
This special proceeding was brought under sections 55-59 of our irrigation district act of 1901 (Session Laws 1901, p. 198). The substantive part of this act is modeled upon, and in the main is a literal transcript of, the Wright Irrigation District act of California of 1887. The particular sections of our act upon which this proceeding is founded were also copied from the laws of California, but in that state they were embodied in a separate act in 1889.
In Anderson, v. Grand Valley Irr. Co., 35 Colo. 525, will be found a summary of the various provisions of our statute- which was there held…
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