CITY OF LAKEWOOD v. MAVROMATIS

No. 90SC67.

817 P.2d 90 (1991)

CITY OF LAKEWOOD, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. William MAVROMATIS, sometimes known as Billy Wilson; and United Bank of Denver, as Trustee for the Estate of Joel Barron, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gorsuch, Kirgis, Campbell, Walker and Grover, Malcolm M. Murray, Jolene Ver Steeg, Denver, for petitioner.

Notarianni & Notarianni, Aldo G. Notarianni, Denver, for respondents.

Larry E. Lawler, Lakewood, for respondent William Mavromatis.

Veto & Scott, Diane S. Freed, Lakewood, for respondent United Bank of Denver, as Trustee for Estate of Joel Barron.

Don K. Deford, Garfield County Atty., Glenwood Springs, Marion A. Brewer, Gen. Counsel Colorado Counties, Inc., Denver, for amicus curiae Colorado Counties, Inc.

Geoffrey T. Wilson, Gen. Counsel Colorado Mun. League, Denver, for amicus curiae Colorado Mun. League.

Carpenter & Klatskin, P.C., Willis Carpenter, Denver, for amicus curiae Land Title Ass'n of Colorado.


Justice LOHR delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This case involves a dispute between the City of Lakewood ("City") and the respondents, William Mavromatis, a.k.a. Billy Wilson, and the United Bank of Denver as trustee for the estate of Joel Barron (collectively, "landowners")1 over title to a thirty-foot strip of land along the north side of West Alameda Avenue near Wadsworth Boulevard (the "Tally Ho strip").2

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