Colorado Code
Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905
§ 37-41-154. Answer - Pleading

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.
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.

Structure Colorado Code

Colorado Code

Title 37 - Water and Irrigation

Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905

§ 37-41-101. Irrigation District - Organization - Purposes

§ 37-41-102. Petition

§ 37-41-103. Presentation and Allowance of Petition

§ 37-41-104. Notice of Election - Qualifications of Electors

§ 37-41-105. Canvass of Votes - Proclamation

§ 37-41-106. Directors - Election - Term

§ 37-41-107. Office of Board - Elections

§ 37-41-108. Directors - Secretary - Salaries

§ 37-41-109. District Treasurer - Duties

§ 37-41-110. Duties of Election Officers

§ 37-41-111. Canvass of Votes

§ 37-41-112. Records - Vacancy and Term of Office

§ 37-41-113. Board of Directors - Duties - Contracts

§ 37-41-114. Meetings - Duties - Eminent Domain

§ 37-41-115. Property - Title

§ 37-41-116. Conveyances - Suits

§ 37-41-117. Bonds - Contract - Purposes - Election

§ 37-41-118. Sale of Bonds - Proceeds

§ 37-41-119. Bonds - Payment - Lien

§ 37-41-120. Fiscal Year - Directors to Fix Levy

§ 37-41-121. Assessor - Assessment

§ 37-41-122. Other Taxes Must Be Paid

§ 37-41-123. Special Tax Levy

§ 37-41-124. Assessment - Collection - Redemption - Deed

§ 37-41-125. Construction - Contracts

§ 37-41-126. Claims - Audit - Payment - Financial Report

§ 37-41-127. Funds for Expenses

§ 37-41-128. Crossing Streams, Highways, Railroads, State Lands

§ 37-41-129. Limit of Indebtedness - Emergency

§ 37-41-130. Insufficient Supply - Distribution

§ 37-41-131. Compensation for Property Taken

§ 37-41-132. Boundaries - Change - Effect

§ 37-41-133. Additional Land Admitted - Petition

§ 37-41-134. Notice of Filing - Costs

§ 37-41-135. Hearing of Petition - Assent

§ 37-41-136. Payment of Pro Rata Assessments

§ 37-41-137. Inclusion or Rejection of Lands - Protest

§ 37-41-138. Order - Record - Effect

§ 37-41-139. Records - Evidence

§ 37-41-140. Legal Representatives Petitioners

§ 37-41-141. Redivision of District - Election of Officers

§ 37-41-142. Lands May Be Excluded From District

§ 37-41-143. Petition for Exclusion

§ 37-41-144. Notice of Filing Petition

§ 37-41-145. Hearing of Petition

§ 37-41-146. Order

§ 37-41-147. Record - Effect

§ 37-41-148. Division of Districts

§ 37-41-149. Dissolution of District - Election

§ 37-41-150. Canvass - Record

§ 37-41-151. Judicial Examination of Bonds and Contracts

§ 37-41-152. Petition for Judicial Examination

§ 37-41-153. Notice of Hearing

§ 37-41-154. Answer - Pleading

§ 37-41-155. Determination - Costs

§ 37-41-156. Sale of Realty Not Needed

§ 37-41-157. President to Execute Deeds

§ 37-41-158. Proceeds - Where Paid

§ 37-41-159. Findings of Board Conclusive

§ 37-41-160. Single Election Precincts