HOPKINS v. BD. OF CTY. COM'RS OF CTY. OF GILPIN

No. 27100.

564 P.2d 415 (1977)

C. Lew HOPKINS, Sue Hopkins, and Gilpin Investment Co., a Colorado Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF the COUNTY OF GILPIN, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elias J. Candell, Lakewood, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Hurth, Yeager & Sisk, John M. Yeager, Boulder, for defendant-appellee.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Jean E. Dubofsky, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., James L. Kurtz-Phelan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for intervenor State of Colorado.


LEE, Justice.

Appellants C. Lew and Sue Hopkins and Gilpin Investment Company (Gilpin) appeal from the judgment of the District Court of Gilpin County in favor of appellee Board of County Commissioners of Gilpin County (Board). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand with directions.

Appellants own adjacent parcels of land in Gilpin County. The Hopkinses own the West Pewabic mining claim, which is roughly parallel to the Becky Sharp claim owned by Gilpin...

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