Legal Opinion

Richards v. Sanderson

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided January 15, 1907No. 5135; No. 2725 C. APublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. Eon. Frank T. Johnson, Jv,dge. Action by John P. Sanderson against Jarvis Richards and The Bijou Ranch Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gabbert

Appellee, as plaintiff, brought an action against appellants, as defendants, to recover damages resulting from the wrongful driving of cattle belonging to the plaintiff. There was judgment for plaintiff, from which the defendants appeal.

It appears from the pleadings and testimony that the parties to this action each owned, or had leased, in severalty, several thousand acres of land. For the most part these lands were alternate sections, the intervening sections being government land. The major part of the lands of plaintiff were north of Bijou creek, while the greater part of the lands of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

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  3. The Josefa SegundaSupreme Court of the United States · 1825
  4. Pace v. PotterTexas Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Morris v. FrakerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1880

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