UTAH INTERN., INC. v. BOARD OF LAND COM'RS

No. 77-179.

579 P.2d 96 (1978)

UTAH INTERNATIONAL, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS OF the DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES of the State of Colorado, Raymond H. Simpson, Tommy Neal and Robert McPhee, Commissioners, Colorado-Ute Electrical Association, Inc. and W. R. Grace & Co., Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Division III.

May 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Welborn, Dufford, Cook & Brown, William A. McLain, Philip G. Dufford, David W. Furgason, Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., David W. Robbins, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., James S. Russell, Janet L. Miller, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for defendant-appellee The Bd. of Land Com'rs.

Holme, Roberts & Owen, Lawrence L. Levin, Peter H. Holme, Jr., Denver, Bruce F. Heitler, Denver, for defendant-appellee Colorado-Ute Electrical Ass'n, Inc.

Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Richard W. Daily, David M. Ebel, Denver, John F. Kelly, New York City, for defendant-appellee W. R. Grace & Co.


PIERCE, Judge.

Plaintiff, Utah International, Inc. (Utah), sought judicial review of a decision of the Board of Land Commissioners. The district court affirmed that agency's decision, and Utah appeals. We affirm.

In May of 1954, the State, acting through its Board of Land Commissioners, leased certain mineral rights to Utah. The lease specifically reserved to the State:

"The right to grant rights-of-way over said premises for public roads, railroads...

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