Colorado Court of Appeals July 14, 1913, No. 3723 (Lithgow v. Pearson)

lead-opinion

Cunningham, Presiding Judge.

In the view we take of this case it is only necessary to determine one of the contentions debated in the briefs and on oral argument, viz.: whether or not, under the statutes of our state, a right of way acquired by a railroad corporation by condemnation reverts to the original owner of the fee upon the same being abandoned by the corporation..