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<br />1 ~ ... ... ~,,, _... .__.,..,,-. <br />:: Plaintiffs. James and. Ann.Tatum, hereinatizr "TA'T"iJ\~#" zmczaticd this i~tigstion ay fiiang <br />... <br />,_ <br />fneir corapia%rat a4YAQ Ih\t tlld Defendaztt8as;a l~srurces, inc., hezau>aflev, n3~": '1'at•.un asserts ' <br />the'follawuig alatmsc _ . ,_, ".:- <br />-. ,. <br />.... _ , . <br />Fizst, rhAr .~3lit t+_*eached a oertam contract dated tune 1;..1988'{Plaintiffs F.Yl,;liitl~, <br />attached] wherein rt (13111? agreed to trade certain water rights.: (Mazwel111itch trade. <br />. _ •:~,. <br />Second, that 13RI breached a certain oral agreement entered into betaioeen the patties at <br />around the same time, to trade a second water right. (Cans~lidatcd 17itch trade). <br />lfiicci, xattmt C18iII75 that uudergrOUnd mining vpera~ions coridtactcd by the defendants <br />have damaged. their property, includtitg the residence alternxtxvely refen~ed to during the trial <br />aS the "Erickson House", the "Tatum Residened', and "Solitaaio". 'Tatum claims that m <br />operations near or under their pmperty caused substantial st<uctfual damage to the residence <br />and that She c~stse was subsidetu~e resulting from .mmmg. op,Grat~ams. . <br />abain asserts that $Rlfur~' damaged lhaic propcriy by. installing u ventilation <br />pinally, .T _ <br />shaft and fan on their prapecty which had the effect of causing a well on that portion ofthe ...... <br />.., l~al?~Y ~ dTY' ul?~ and also renderings portiion ofhis laud~unusablc. Tatum also asserts vIa~ms . -_:.: _:.. <br />-. <br />,.. attorney <br />for punitive damages, which the Court dismissed at the end of Plainti$s' case, and far <br />_ _ <br />fees. _.. <br />Defenda~o~, while aclcttowi the eafor<.-eaitiility ofthe.tune 1, 1,988 Agreement, <br />-__. <br />interprets t'he contract in a manger than Tatum; their interpretatiam preventing the <br />implementation of any agreemetrt to_eatchanga the use of ~uvater rights. Defendamtt also denies <br />the ~ ofrany ageemen~t to CO7n'p5! water rights on the.ConsolidateiTDitelS; denies <br />causing guy subsidence damage w plalimiEb property, and disagrees wzth'I'atum- as m the <br />damages caused bl' use of their pxaperty for constnict'ton of a certain ventilation shaft. _. <br />Aereement To Fxehanse Water Ri~Lns-Maxwell Ditch: In. early 1988, Wyoming Fuel <br />Compairy experienced undetgraund production problems in their mining operations imrolving <br />excx9s gas, excess water, trod soft floors that severely threatened their ability to meet prod- <br />uction and mine safety requiremeriis. In ordez to camnmenco addxessss-g those problems and <br />in order to avoid a lengthy delay to obtain a permit, Wyoming Fuel Company negotiated <br />with Tatum fior waiver of a certain vraitiug period recluixed hY Colorado Revised Statutes <br />34-33-101 et.seq. Wyoming Fuel Company entered into an Agreaodectt with Tatum to exchange <br /> <br />W(l1Cl WIC 65L09b86LL 5I:5I L00L/Z0/b0 <br />_ -. _. _°~~.._.....,.rux..~..._- - ~- _~_. _._ .,._._ <br />