Hartford Fire Insurance v. Hammond
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Otero County. Eon. John E. Voorhees, Judge. Actions by George Hammond against The Hartford Fire Insurance Company and against The Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff in each case, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
The same questions are presented in each of these cases, and we will, therefore, dispose of them in one opinion.
The first contention is that the court should have granted a continuance of the trial, asked for by defendants, appellants here. It appears that Charles F.'Hawkins was a material witness on behalf of the defendants and that he was ill and unable to attend the -trial. Because of Ms absence, defendants requested a postponement and filed an affidavit wherein were stated the facts which Hawkins had been expected to testify to. Plaintiff objected to a continuance and admitted that if the…
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