O'CANA v. ESPINOSA

No. 18413.

347 P.2d 1118 (1960)

Jullan A. O'CANA, Frances O'Cana and Mary M. O'Cana, a minor, by her next friend, Jullan A. O'Cana, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Celestino ESPINOSA and Manda Espinosa, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

January 4, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaufman & Greenwald, Denver, for plaintiffs in error.

No appearance for defendants in error.


KNAUSS, Chief Justice.

The parties appear here in the same order as in the trial court and are hereinafter referred to as there, or by name.

Plaintiffs' action was predicated on alleged slander. On April 1, 1957 application was made to the trial court for a default judgment, because of failure of defendants to file an answer. Thereupon the court proceeded to hear plaintiffs' evidence ex parte, and entered its findings of fact and conclusions of law. The trial...

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