Legal Opinion

Norris v. Colorado Turkey Honestone Co.

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided January 15, 1896PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Jefferson County. The appellant, who was one of the defendants below, was the owner of an eighty acre tract of land, being the north one half of the northeast one quarter of section 12, etc., in Jefferson county, Colorado.

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Appeal from the District Court of Jefferson County. The appellant, who was one of the defendants below, was the owner of an eighty acre tract of land, being the north one half of the northeast one quarter of section 12, etc., in Jefferson county, Colorado. Through John C. Norris, her agent, a contract of sale was entered into, in her behalf, with -William Casey for a forty acre tract of this laud, upon which, as it is alleged, were located the mouth of a canon, a building site for a hotel, and a large and valuable honestone quarry. Casey afterwards assigned to William L. Durbin a one half…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell

A number of errors have been assigned by the appellant relating to the rulings of the court upon the admissibility of evidence, to the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the findings and decree, to the insufficiency of the complaint, and to the denying of appellant’s motion for a nonsuit.

The contention of appellee is that we cannot i*eview the evidence for the purpose of determining its sufficiency to support the findings and decree, because appellant saved no exception to the final judgment. This court has repeatedly so held, and the authorities are collected in the case of Jerome v.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lawrence v. MontgomeryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1869
  2. Jerome v. BohmSupreme Court of Colorado · 1895
  3. Chambliss v. MillerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1860

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Halbert v. GreenTexas Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Huston v. Ohio & Colorado Smelting & Refining Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1917
  3. Heini v. Bank of KremmlingSupreme Court of Colorado · 1933
  4. Waters v. Massey-Harris Harvester Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1929
  5. Glenney v. CraneCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962

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