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FAX NO_ :-? O-e-?:3-1742
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<br />is I21C]]. were itz the f3clbtail tullll=l, dc_,fcndaizt replied, "It Es ncaaie: cif your clzzlZZ-n hu?;i??css." Tb.i
<br />=felactm- is testiilc3 ly fatrtl-je:r sl-jow4-_a, and wa.s cc-),rrr>boratcd. by the c}thc;r indivict-u.- l clt--[-!endant, th?tt he
<br />Yas instructecl to p;ct the :'ails in the tunazc:l "rcgardless cv: what he haci w do."
<br />The case c?i'_Sizzitlz v. Higfiland ML-iry M., M. &--.'P- C.o., 82 C c?lc?. 2238, 259 P. 1.025, possibly pre-sctits
<br />aQrc similarity tc7 the inStUAlt c]nc tha.ll any c>tlier C7.c-dorwi4L1c3 casc. There, as here, dcfondants ciest-roycci at
<br />aluable property, relyiazg upon u tax decd thtal: was invalid.; there, as here, ccopIripensato•ry dax-riages were
<br />11c.-j,wv:d based. vrx, the value aJ`replaciKill th.e in-iproven-i=tits and the va.lvxe cf'tlZrr personalty; there
<br />csjaal>laint wfas bFa?:ed can eonvea-sion and later iirricnded to trespass. We h=lci, ?:pct;kiil?; thrcoa_tgh Mr.
<br />ustic:e Denison, that either catasc would have been soaci in the cireLinnsta.n.ccs. Tra t1-10 I.SrKlit-1-1 as
<br />-were wa:s a. claim f=cir rc irnlaatrscaz?cnt for ta.xe;5 paid, ax1d it wcAS 11c1d -thcse cE-tn Clxxly be -x Clai"a ix-1
<br />aatigation Ofd.amtVgtes. SL1G17 4i clalrzi must 17cn: iL`1'irtria-ttvaly plcradc Cl, 1t.Lt1e R(c?, i2.C'.P. Colo., ric>t: done in
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<br />?e prc;ent case, wliiclY leas tlZ= c2ddit10nAl fltctor of=-werriplary darra.FS.gcs_ Wc:. have al.reasdy iizdicatcci cj,
<br />,elicfthat 1he:, legislature rraay well, have ha.d in I-1•1ind such cvircLamstanccs tts are 1-icrc pres=a=nted, wh=Ia. it
<br />rn.actc:d the Qhtv.se providirxS Tar excmpl<:ry danz3ges, and the trial judge, in A.wfa.rdirxg thctYl, cc?ulcl wcl.l
<br />.ave been vnzphza.si. iaig the fzuA that this i-s a govcrnm.ent o-F laws and not c7f men.
<br />Judgment afffl.rraied.
<br />IIT..T.TARL7, J., cii.sscrats.
<br />iL'1'l .Ft, J., clclos not pfarticipatc.
<br />-l..lLLI?it1?, Jttsticc (d.is::entil7?,).
<br />Since it we}ulci be prctir.tless to disctass the pcArvt at lcnjg=th, I pause olily tci rxiatk<e brief rcccai-d cy:C rrky
<br />tissent tc7 the cot..-3-t approval. c V O-1c excrnplary d.a3m;mges awarded laelow. Neither p4eirty to this ccil-atrovcrs}
<br />icrnifgms -title, to the prc?pcl-ty in.vol vcd t1-irc-vttgl-1 ilzcsnc cc»?vc?yanccs- - ?plaii?ti 1'F claimin.g utnd.cr a Slit-a 'i fFs
<br />iced., d.eferidant pursuant to ta-- deed; or, c therwise stated., anew title oriWirn.atec1 with each party in turn,
<br />icfendant'S ?ubscqu.ent tc? plailzti.fi['s: It is true, that while the -trial court, prc?c ecc?ing in the light af-
<br />svideatce, Found th.fat plaintiff's title was c)f' gresater digxiity tl-ian that of dc•l-t--rzcialzt, still.:, it Stated that
<br />1cfe-Iic1ftntti "thought i:lacy bought sc?izzcthing and that they l-iacl a right tc?, get it 4' °x 1',, bvlt without aazy
<br />-ja:rticular. ill 11--oling c-vr bias or t7.??t1iCC toward plaintiff." Furilzcr, that "the. court does rac>t believe tYat:
<br />:e: tirncany "" 'I-- "' Skic5ws any hatred or that the ciefendta.atts had any particular grLa-age cir ill against
<br />lac plaintiff or rejoiced in what tlicy were ci«irag_" 1 am vict a_uimindfu.l that the foregoir%.g Pividings were
<br />x1ade in th.e dispositi.c>n c7f :pla.iriti-H's dcn•itan.d tsar body cxeoution, wb-ich wets clcnicd, butt, nc vertla.elr -;s,, I
<br />-egard tlicsn. Pan c-jf` i3lomcazt iiz our review of the pcLi-Litivc a.wZu d_
<br />Premised on the J.indirig tli;Ftt plaintiffliacl title, jLidgmetlt in the: sum cafthe actual d.a_n-1 a3?Ycs logically
<br />1161lo-wcd-, Elazd., while i:t rarely happens, as my acquai.ntalzcc with tl?e prc3fcssicxm gcric:ra.lly leads me to
<br />11trac, that in clarn age critics counsel "pray" for loss thrvr tl-sc actual clarnages satlt:erc?d, 1 note that her= tltc:
<br />liriaijag in that re ,7twd, on euch of the twc-) causes of actioal, vvas for the exact suni :sciugllt, or $5,000.
<br />Lils.ewisc, vxenzplary d.fanzagcs awarded in caeh of th= catases cx-3rrespondbigly followecl co-tinsel's
<br />prcapprra.i.seazzcnt---$2,500. The. conzhinecl awards reached t1-1c: grand tc')tal of $1 5,000, $5,000 c f which
<br />::?;a?ic tlirottgh tlzc =xenllala.ry z-oute_
<br />With c-L11 respect too tliis an.cl the trial court., T am convirnccd thVtt the gcn.cral awards were gerac.resus,
<br />and, the Drc!miscue c:onSidcrE cl, the adcled eX?rnpti?tny fi.wr3.r. c1R were a?c?t _justiT cri_
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