CORDILLERA CORP. v. HEARD

No. 79 S.C. 24.

612 P.2d 92 (1980)

CORDILLERA CORPORATION, a Utah Corporation, Petitioner, v. John W. HEARD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mason, Reuler & Peek, P. C., Maurice Reuler, Roseanne M. Hall, Denver, for petitioner.

Robert M. Bearman, Denver, for respondent.


DUBOFSKY, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review a decision of the Court of Appeals [Cordillera Corporation v. Heard, 41 Colo.App. 537, 592 P.2d 12 (1978)] holding that by commencing litigation a landlord and tenant waived the mandatory arbitration provision in their lease agreement. We affirm.

The landlord, petitioner Cordillera Corporation, filed a complaint in Denver District Court on November 24, 1976 for damages...

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