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Ray v. Schooley

Supreme Court of Colorado. In Department
Nov 23, 1964
396 P.2d 730 (Colo. 1964)

Opinion

No. 20830.

Decided November 23, 1964.

Action upon a habeas corpus petition.

Writ of Error Dismissed.

1. APPEAL AND ERROR — Rules — Dismissal. Upon plaintiff in error's failure to move for substitution of successors in office for the named defendants in error, Manager of Safety and Chief of Police, as provided in Rule 25 (d), Colo. R.C.P., writ of error dismissed.

Error to the District Court of the City and County of Denver, Hon. Robert P. Fullerton, Judge.

GEORGE T. ASHEN, THOMAS C. SINGER, for plaintiff in error.

DUKE W. DUNBAR, Attorney General, FRANK E. HICKEY, Deputy, JOHN E. BUSH, Assistant, for defendants in error.


THIS action in the trial court was upon a habeas corpus petition in which the respondents, defendants in error, were John M. Schooley, as Manager of Safety and Ex-Officio Sheriff of the City and County of Denver, and James Slavin, as Chief of Police of the City and County of Denver.

Upon plaintiff in error's failure to move for substitution of the successors in office for the named defendants in error, as provided in Rule 25 (d), Colo. R.C.P., and pursuant to our holding in Bach v. Schooley, 155 Colo. 30, 392 P.2d 649, writ of error is dismissed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE McWILLIAMS and MR. JUSTICE PRINGLE concur.


Summaries of

Ray v. Schooley

Supreme Court of Colorado. In Department
Nov 23, 1964
396 P.2d 730 (Colo. 1964)
Case details for

Ray v. Schooley

Case Details

Full title:GEORGE L. RAY v. JOHN M. SCHOOLEY AND JAMES SLAVIN

Court:Supreme Court of Colorado. In Department

Date published: Nov 23, 1964

Citations

396 P.2d 730 (Colo. 1964)
396 P.2d 730

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