Legal Opinion
City & County of Denver v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 23, 1988No. 86SC203PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VOLLACK, Justice.
The City and County of Denver (Denver) appeals from Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. v. City & County of Denver, 725 P.2d 52 (Colo.App.1986), in which the Colorado Court of Appeals reversed the judgment of the Denver District Court granting summary judgment in favor of Denver. We reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.
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The facts are not in dispute. In 1981, the Wastewater Management Division (Division) of the Denver Department of Public Works commenced construction of a sanitary sewer line beneath East 56th Avenue between Chambers Road and Towers Road as part of a 1973…
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