BATES v. WARD

No. 18314.

349 P.2d 991 (1960)

Evelyn BATES, Hilma Madison, Mary Williams, Betty Rapp and Bill Cope, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Alfred WARD, Sr., Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

March 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis A. Benedetti, Wray, for plaintiffs in error.

Wolvington & Carleton, Sterling, for defendant in error.


KNAUSS, Justice.

The parties are here in the same order they appeared in the trial court. We shall refer to them as plaintiffs or defendant.

Plaintiffs are five adult children of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cope and brought this action under C.R.S. '53, 13-9-1 commonly known as the guest statute, and the wrongful death statute C.R.S. '53, 41-1-2. Following a jury trial a verdict was returned in favor of defendant, judgment was entered accordingly and plaintiffs are here...

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