Colorado M. R'y Co. v. Brown
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from Disi/riot Court of Pitlti/n County. This is an appeal -from a judgment awarding compensation and damages to appellees for a strip of land through their premises taken for right of way for appellant’s railroad.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Elliott
The assignments of error are very numerous, but counsel in their printed argument have very considerately abandoned most of them. This practice is to be commended. In the hurry of a trial at nisi prints many exceptions are often taken which counsel find are of no avail when they come to prepare briefs for the appellate court. By frankly withdrawing all assignments except such as are seriously relied on, counsel save themselves and the court of review much unnecessary labor, and secure attention more readily to the important matters involved in the record. It is often hard to find a kernel of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- City of Denver v. BayerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1883
- Denver City Irrigation & Water Co. v. MiddaughSupreme Court of Colorado · 1889
- Weyer v. Chicago, Wisconsin & Northern RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
- Colorado Cent. R. v. AllenSupreme Court of Colorado · 1889
- Johnson v. Freeport & Mississippi River Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1884
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