Legal Opinion · Dissent

Nucci v. Colorado & Southern Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided March 5, 1917No. 8763Published

Error to Denver District Court, Hon. J. E. Little, Judge.

1DissentScott, J.

I must dissent from the majority opinion. By the authority of a long line of decisions by this court the case should have been submitted to the jury upon the testimony produced, and there is in my opinion, no case decided by the court that supports the conclusion of the majority.

It is said that the effect of the facts in this case is the. same as in the ease of Headley v. D. & R. G. R. Co., 60 Colo., 500, 154 Pac. 781. The effect of the facts in any law case is generally to be determined by the jury. But there is no similarity in the facts themselves, as between this case and the Headley…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. CodySupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Lord v. Pueblo Smelting & Refining Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1888
  3. Nichols v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Colorado · 1908
  4. Bacon v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  5. Ernst v. . Hudson River Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1868

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