Pierce v. Conners
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Lahe County. Action tinder the statute by a father to recover damages for negligently causing the death of his infant child. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. The. facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Elliott
The overruling of the general demurrer to the complaint is assigned for error.
*180. 1. Among other things the complaint states in substance that defendant Pierce owned and kept a team of horses; that the horses were fiery and fractious; that while they were in charge of a driver employed by defendant for the purpose of delivering lumber to his customers, and engaged in that business, the driver left them standing by the roadside without being hitched or secured in any way, and without any person to hold or take care of them; and that while they were thus left unhitched and uneared for, they ran…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Moffatt v. TenneySupreme Court of Colorado · 1892
- Denver, S. P. & P. R. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1888
- Hayes v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1892
- Orman v. MannixSupreme Court of Colorado · 1892
3Cited by56 opinions
- Salmon v. RathjensCalifornia Supreme Court · 1907
- Phillips v. Denver City Tramway Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1912
- Colorado Mortgage & Investment Co. v. ReesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1895
- Murphy v. Colorado Aviation, Inc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1978
- City of Longmont v. SwearingenSupreme Court of Colorado · 1927
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