Board of County Commissioners v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to District Court of Summit County. Bill for injunction. Judgment for defendants. Writ of error to the supreme court. -x * * * -» * -X -x -x -x * “An act to define county boundaries, and to locate county seats, in Colorado territory: “Be it enacted by the council and house of representatives of Colorado territory: “Sec. 1. That the following shall be the boundaries of the respective counties, and the county seats therein, as named, with the description thereof: “Sec.…
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Error to District Court of Summit County. Bill for injunction. Judgment for defendants. Writ of error to the supreme court. -x * * * -» * -X -x -x -x * “An act to define county boundaries, and to locate county seats, in Colorado territory: “Be it enacted by the council and house of representatives of Colorado territory: “Sec. 1. That the following shall be the boundaries of the respective counties, and the county seats therein, as named, with the description thereof: “Sec. 2. Costilla county: Commencing at a point on the southern boundary of the territory where the range line between ranges…
1Opinion of the CourtElbert, J.
The great range known as the “Sierra Madre” or “Continental Divide,” to which frequent reference must be made in this case, traverses the state from south to north. While its trend is irregular, sweeping far to the west, and then to the east, of a direct northerly line, it both enters and leaves the state substantially at the one hundred and seventh meridian. It constitutes the water-shed between the waters of the Pacific and the waters of the Atlantic flowing into the Gulf. Southward it throws off several spur ranges to the southeast, which mask it from the plains. Northward for a long…
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