HUMPHREY v. SOUTHWESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO.

No. 85SC325.

734 P.2d 637 (1987)

Delmer W. HUMPHREY and Beverly A. Humphrey, Petitioners, v. SOUTHWESTERN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, a Colorado corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neef, Swanson, Myer & Clark, Thomas J. Wolf, Denver, Robinson & Scheurer, P.C., Richard J. Scheurer, Lakewood, for petitioners.

Hill & Robbins, David W. Robbins, Dennis M. Montgomery, Denver, Holley, Albertson and Polk, George Alan Holley, Golden, for respondent.

Fischer, Brown, Huddleson & Gunn, Ward H. Fischer, Fort Collins, for amicus curiae Cache La Poudre Water Users Assn.

Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff, P.C., Raphael J. Moses, Veronica A. Sperling, Boulder, for amici curiae Beverly Bldg. Co., H. Grady Culbreath, Jr., Jacqueline Gail Culbreath, Teodoro Roybal, Silvercreek Development Co., Silvercreek Ski Co., Ltd., Silvercreek Water and Sanitation Dist., William R. Steur, and The Colorado Water Congress.

Fairfield and Woods, Howard Holme, Denver, for amicus curiae Robert L. McCormick.

L. Richard Bratton, Gunnison, for amicus curiae Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy Dist.

Delaney & Balcomb, P.C., Kenneth Balcomb, Glenwood Springs, for amici curiae First Nat. Bank of Glenwood Springs, Colo., and First Nat. Bank of Meeker, Colo.

Radosevich and Associates, P.C., George E. Radosevich, Denver, John McCannon, Wichita, Kan., for amici curiae Federal Land Bank of Wichita and Production Credit Associations of Colo.

Vranesh and Raisch, George Vranesh, John R. Henderson, Boulder, for amicus curiae Virginia Mae Milam, a/k/a Betty Milam, Personal Representative of the Estate of Marie R. Skogsberg.


VOLLACK, Justice.

Petitioners, the Humphreys, sought certiorari from the court of appeals' opinion in Southwestern Development Co. v. Humphrey, 709 P.2d 51 (Colo.App.1985), which held that neither the district court nor the court of appeals had jurisdiction over this water rights title dispute. Southwestern Development Company [hereinafter SWDC] brought suit in district court in a dispute over the ownership of certain water...

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