McMILLIN v. STATE

No. 21120.

405 P.2d 672 (1965)

R. M. McMILLIN, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Colorado, the State Department of Agriculture, and Paul W. Swisher, Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Colorado, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

September 13, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon & Nordmark, Richard C. McLean, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Clifton A.

Flowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants in error.


SUTTON, Justice.

Plaintiff in error will be referred to as defendant or McMillin, and defendants in error will be referred to collectively as the State.

This controversy arises out of the Colorado "grasshopper crisis" of 1958 and the statute concerning it which was passed by the state legislature. The statute in question is Chapter 3, Session Laws of Colorado, 1958, First Extraordinary Session.

This writ of error follows a jury verdict against McMillin...

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