Spomer v. City of Grand Junction

The parties to this writ of error appear in the same order as in the trial court. Plaintiffs will be designated as such or as the Spomers, and the defendants will be mentioned as the city and city manager, respectively.

The Spomers bought a burial lot from the city in its municipal cemetery for the burial of their child “Ronnie” who was killed in an accident. A grave was opened by city employees and the remains of the boy were interred with a religious ceremony in August 1957.

Shortly after Decoration Day, 1958, plaintiff Mary J. Spomer received a telephone call from the caretaker of the…