§ 37-41-154 — Answer - pleading

Colorado § 37-41-154

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 37: Water and
• Art.: Irrigation District Law of 1905

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Any person interested in said district, or in
the issue or sale of said bonds, or in the making of a contract with the United States
may move to dismiss or answer said petition. The provisions of the Colorado rules of
civil procedure respecting the motion to dismiss and answer to a complaint shall be
applicable to a motion to dismiss and answer to said petition. The person so moving
to dismiss and answering said petition shall be the defendant to the special
proceeding, and the board of directors shall be the plaintiff. Every material
statement of the petition not specifically controverted by the answer, for the
purpose of said special proceeding, shall be taken as true, and each person failing
to answer the petition shall be deemed to admit as true all the material statements
of the petition. The rules of pleading and practice relating to appeals as provided by
law and the Colorado appellate rules, which are not inconsistent with the provisions
of this article, are applicable to the special proceedings provided for in this section.

Legislative History

Source: L. 05: p. 273, � 53. R.S. 08: � 3492. C.L. � 2053. CSA: C. 90, � 430. CRS 53: � 149-1-54. C.R.S. 1963: � 150-1-54.