COLLINS v. OTTO

No. 20092.

369 P.2d 564 (1962)

David Ray COLLINS, a minor by his natural mother and next friend, Rachel Collins, Plaintiff in Error, v. Roy OTTO, Helen Otto, and Christeen Edstrom, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

March 12, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLean & McLean, Denver, Benjamin W. Fann, Colorado Springs, for plaintiff in error.

No appearance for defendants in error.


DAY, Chief Justice.

The parties appear here as in the trial court and will be so referred to or by name.

The plaintiflff was a four year old child who, through his mother as next friend, brought suit against the defendants. He alleged defendants owned and wrongfully harbored a coyote, a wild animal of vicious propensities, and that on May 22, 1960, the child was attacked and bitten by the coyote and seriously injured.

Trial to a jury resulted in a...

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