PITTMAN MOTORS, INC. v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

No. 21025.

399 P.2d 784 (1964)

PITTMAN MOTORS, INC., and Casualty Reciprocal Exchange, Plaintiffs in Error, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION of Colorado and Roy Fred Claybrook, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. In Department.

Opinion Adhered to as Modified on Denial of Rehearing March 22, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret R. Bates, Denver, for plaintiffs in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Denver, for Industrial Commission.

Klingsmith & Russell, Gunnison, for Roy Fred Claybrook.


MOORE, Justice.

This is a Workmen's Compensation case. The employer, Pittman Motors, Inc., was engaged in a motor sales business and generally resorted to barter and trade as incidental to the promotion of sales. It accepted a wide variety of chattel property as payment to apply on the purchase price of motor vehicles. In May, 1961, it acquired a saddle horse as payment on an account.

The claimant, Roy Fred Claybrook, was a ranch hand and occasionally accepted...

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