Legal Opinion

Wilson v. Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided December 15, 1883PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Error to District Court of Arapahoe County. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, C. J.

The amended complaint in this case was held insufficient, upon demurrer in the district court, and the plaintiffs declining to amend further, judgment was given for the defendant, the said railroad company.

The complaint charges that the accident, which is the ground of the action, occurred by reason of the engine on defendant’s railroad coming in contact with a log lying across and upon the track of said railroad, at or near Deansbury station, whereby the engine was thrown from the track into the river adjacent, and the deceased *102thereby instantly killed. It alleges that the deceased was in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ohio & Mississippi R. W. Co. v. CollarnIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Grinde v. M. & St. P. R. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1876
  3. Hildebrand v. Toledo, Wabash, & Western Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Wells v. CoeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1886
  2. Denver Consolidated Electric Co. v. LawrenceSupreme Court of Colorado · 1903
  3. Cederson v. Oregon Navigation Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Denver, Texas & Fort Worth Railroad v. SmockSupreme Court of Colorado · 1897
  5. Adams Express Co. v. AldridgeColorado Court of Appeals · 1904

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