Legal Opinion
O'CANA v. Espinosa
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 4, 1960No. 18413PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Knauss
The parties appear here in the same order as in the trial court and are hereinafter referred to as there, or by name.
Plaintiffs’ action was predicated on alleged slander. On April 1, 1957, application was made to the trial court for a default judgment, because of failure of defendants to file an answer. Thereupon the court proceeded to hear plaintiffs’ evidence ex parte, and entered its findings of fact and conclusions of law. The trial court found as a fact “that the alleged actionable words were as follows: ‘You’re a thief and if it had not been for Malouffs you would be in the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ventresca v. KissnerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
- TRAVIS v. HuntMississippi Supreme Court · 1955
- Biggerstaff v. ZimmermanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1941
- Horn v. RuessArizona Supreme Court · 1951
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. RogersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1933
3Cited by5 opinions
- Barlow v. International Harvester CompanyIdaho Supreme Court · 1974
- Sunward Corp. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- Cinquanta v. BurdettSupreme Court of Colorado · 1963
- Walker v. Associated PressSupreme Court of Colorado · 1966
- Sunward Corporation v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987