Sall v. City of Colorado Springs

In my view the affirmance of the judgment in this case effects a denial of the use and occupation of Sail’s property in a sense equivalent to confiscation. The majority prevailing, his property must remain what it is — so much landscape. Yet, I submit, there are at least four reasons, each equally cogent, why this case should be reversed.

Sall owned a tract of land 100 feet wide by 600 feet *305in length. Its width ran east and west and its length north and south. Only the southern approximate 300 feet enjoyed access to a public road known as the Chelton Road. The northern portion of the tract…