Bonfils v. Hayes
Supreme Court of Colorado
Action for death of plaintiff’s daughter occasioned by alleged negligence of defendants’ servant. Judgment for plaintiff. Error to the District Court of the City and County of Denver, Hon. Clarence J. Morley, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Denison
Anna Hayes, defendant in error, brought suit against Bonfils, Tammen and Litzenberger, and had a verdict and judgment for the death of her daughter by the negligence of their servant. They bring error.
The defendants were stockholders and directors of a corporation, and were actively engaged in its business of printing and publishing the Denver Post. After the expiration of its twenty years of existence according to the statute, which was November 4, 1915, they continued business under the corporate name, and while they were doing so, September 16, 1916, a boy, driving a delivery wagon about…
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