Moore v. Fletcher
Supreme Court of Colorado
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McWilliams
The parties appear in this Court in the same order as they did in the trial court, where Moore and Hammer were plaintiffs and Fletcher was the defendant.
In a hunting mishap Fletcher shot Moore in the back and Hammer in the head with a .22 caliber rifle. In separate complaints, which were subsequently consolidated for trial, Moore and Hammer sued Fletcher, charging that he “negligently, wantonly, and recklessly” shot each of them and that in hunting wild geese with a .22 caliber rifle he violated C.R.S. ’53, 62-12-3; and that as a result of these legal misdeeds each of the plaintiffs suffered…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dunbar v. OlivieriSupreme Court of Colorado · 1935
- Hertz Driv-Ur-Self System, Inc. v. HendricksonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1942
- Krause v. Watson Bros. Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1948
- Gotch v. K. & B. Packing & Provision Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1933
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