Leiper v. City of Denver
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the District Court of the City and County of Denver. Eon. 8. L. Carpenter, Judge. Action by tbe City and County of Denver and thé City of Denver against John H. Leiper. Judgment in favor of the defendant, and plaintiffs, bring error. Decision en bcmc.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
The sole question for decision is whether a municipality is liable to an abutting lot owner for damages resulting thereto from the authorized lowering or raising of the grade of a public street from the natural surface to a grade established by municipal ordinance in the first instance, notwithstanding the fact that the change is reasonable and the work of making the same is skillfully performed. In The City of Denver v. Bonesteel, 30 Colo. 107, section 15 of article 2 of our constitution, which is here invoked as creating such liability, Was considered at some length. It was there held that…
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