Cook v. Rice
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to District Oourt, Arapahoe Oounty. The bill was brought to the January term, A. I). 1869. Complainant charged that on the 28th day of May, 1864, and the 6th of May, 1865, he was the actual occupant of lots 24, 25, 26 and 27, in block E, in the east division of the city of Denver, and the bona fide owner of one undivided half thereof, and of the improvements thereon ; that H. R. Hunt owned the other undivided half; that on the 6th of May, 1865, James Hall, in pursuance…
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Error to District Oourt, Arapahoe Oounty. The bill was brought to the January term, A. I). 1869. Complainant charged that on the 28th day of May, 1864, and the 6th of May, 1865, he was the actual occupant of lots 24, 25, 26 and 27, in block E, in the east division of the city of Denver, and the bona fide owner of one undivided half thereof, and of the improvements thereon ; that H. R. Hunt owned the other undivided half; that on the 6th of May, 1865, James Hall, in pursuance of the act of congress, approved May 28, 1864, “for the relief of the citizens of Denver,” entered the tract of land in…
1Opinion of the CourtBeleord, J.
The bill, in this case, was filed to set aside a deed executed by Omer O. Kent, probate judge, etc., to Alonzo Rice. Issue was joined, cause referred to a master to take proof, and on the final hearing, a decree was entered dismissing the bill. The land in controversy is a part of the Denver town site, entered by J ames Hall, for the benefit of the actual occupants, and owners of improvements thereon.
The evidence, I think, clearly establishes the following facts : First. That one John Dalton entered upon this land in 1860, erected a house or cabin, and occupied it with his family until 1863;…
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