Legal Opinion · Dissent

Potts v. Bird

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided November 27, 1933No. 12,911Published

1DissentJustice Burke

I think instruction No. 2 was right; that it conforms strictly to the decisions of this court; that the opinion *555herein is exactly contrary to that in Hicks v. Cramer ; that taken together they leave the law on a vital point unsettled; and that the result may be the destruction of life and property by the acts of persons conscientiously endeavoring to obey it. Hence I must dissent and state my reasons.

The city of Pueblo had an ordinance which read: “Of two or more vehicles approaching an intersection the one approaching from the right shall have the right of way.

“In the event one or more of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hicks v. CramerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1930

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