People Ex Rel. Axtell v. Milliken

Plaintiff in error will he referred to as plaintiff. She is the widow of Harold W. Axtell, deceased, who, on April 3, 1931, was a captain in the police department of the City and County of Denver under civil service regulations, and while at home, and not in the performance of the duties of his office, died from a gun shot wound in an altercation with his wife, the plaintiff. Upon trial, plaintiff was thereafter acquitted of murder, and by her replication in this case, alleged that the death of Axtell was accidental. A minor daughter of Axtell was enrolled by the defendants in error as a…