Case Name: Simpson et al. v. Slee
Court: Colorado Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Colorado
Decision Date: 1935-06-10
Citations: 97 Colo. 111
Docket Number: No. 13,432
Parties: Simpson et al. v. Slee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Colorado Reports
Volume: 97
Pages: 111–112

Head Matter:
No. 13,432.
Simpson et al. v. Slee.
(47 P. [2d] 1118)
Decided June 10, 1935.
Opinion modified and rehearing denied July 29, 1935.
Mr. L. R. Temple, Mr. John H. Simpson, pro se, for plaintiffs in error.
Messrs. Rinn & Connell, for defendant in error.
In Department.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Campbell
delivered the opinion of the court.
Upon trial of a malicious prosecution damage case, a jury found adversely to plaintiffs in error and fixed the damages, and determined that plaintiff in error Simpson had been guilty of malice. Judgment entered in accordance with the verdict, "body judgment" going against Simpson. Error is assigned.
Complaint is made of rulings on admission of testimony, and of instructions refused and given; also, the general sufficiency of the evidence is challenged. The nature of the case appears in an earlier review, where we analyzed and sustained the complaint. Slee v. Simpson, 91 Colo. 461, 15 P. (2d) 1084. The case is unusual in that it grows out of the prosecution of a civil action rather than a criminal proceeding, and is further novel because the claimed offending finds predicate in a cross-complaint in the civil action. The situation is fully discussed and controlling principles announced in Slee v. Simpson, supra. Our study of the record leads to the conclusion that the court understood our pronouncement, adopted the proper procedure, ruled on questions of admission of evidence as the practice required, instructed fairly and fully, and rightly held that the evidence justified the verdict returned. We find nothing in the record to warrant reversal. The judgment is affirmed.
Me. Chief Justice Adams and Me. Justice Hilliaed concur.