Court Opinion

ID: 9790581
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 01:55:24.631473+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:30.365782
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice McWilliams
dissenting:
I must respectfully dissent for two reasons: (1) The majority of this Court disposes of this controversy on a point that has not been urged, argued or briefed by the disputants at any stage of the proceedings, be it before the El Paso County Planning Commission, the Board of County Commissioners for El Paso County, the District Court or this Court. Stated somewhat differently, the defendant in error, Stum, enjoyed a favorable judgment in the trial court and by the action taken this date by the majority of this Court Stum has been deprived of this favorable judgment on the basis of an alleged procedural defect quickly perceived by the majority, though not even urged by the plaintiffs in error, and against which Stum has had no opportunity to defend. I strongly disapprove of this practice. (2) Additionally the majority hold that C.R.S. ’53, 106-2-7 governs the disposition of this matter. In my view this is erroneous, as C.R.S. ’53, 106-2-7 pertains to a master plan for the physical development of a county, or an amendment to such master plan. The instant case does not involve an amendment, as such, to the master plan for the physical development of El Paso County, but is a simple request for rezoning and in my judgment is controlled by C.R.S. ’53, 106-2-15.