Legal Opinion

Letson v. Brown

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided January 15, 1898No. 1439PublishedCited by 9 opinions

JError to the District Court of Arapahoe County.

1Opinion of the CourtBissell, J.

The process which we have been compelled to pursue to formulate this opinion is like the examination of a title originating in the far past, among musty and almost forgotten records. We have re-examined the old law of trespass and *12sought to ascertain when it could he brought or when trespass on the case alone could be maintained in the search for the true construction of the statute on which, if at all, this action can be upheld.

This suit grew out of an unfortunate accident which happened in Denver in August, 1895. At that time Peter Gumry and Robert C. Greiner were maintaining a hotel called…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Holton v. DalyIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Hegerich v. . KeddieNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  3. Wade v. . KalbfleischNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  4. Cutter v. HamlenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  5. Denver, South Park & Pacific Railway Co. v. WoodwardSupreme Court of Colorado · 1878

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Publix Cab Co. v. Colorado National Bank of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1959
  2. Mumford v. WrightColorado Court of Appeals · 1898
  3. Gray v. BlightCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
  4. Bishop v. BrownColorado Court of Appeals · 1900
  5. Hegel v. GeorgeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1935

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