EVANS v. SIMPSON

No. 26815.

547 P.2d 931 (1976)

Ross EVANS and Gilbert Evans, a/k/a Gilbert Evans and Son, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Raymond M. SIMPSON et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Madden & Strate, P.C., William J. Madden, Denver, for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Jean E. Dubofsky, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., David W. Robbins, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Natural Resources Section, Denver, for defendants-appellees.

Shaw & Coghill, Richard H. Shaw, Stan L. Spangler, Denver, for defendant-appellee Empire Energy Corporation.


LEE, Justice.

Appellants (Evans) appeal from an adverse decision of the district court dismissing their complaint against appellees for injunctive relief, a declaratory judgment, and for damages resulting from the alleged wrongful cancellation of a lease of state land from the Board of Land Commissioners (Board). We affirm the judgment.

On March 17, 1964, Evans, as lessee, and appellee Board, as lessor, entered into a ten-year lease of certain state land to...

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