Denver Consolidated Electric Co. v. Walters

In bis complaint, tbe plaintiff charges tbe defendant company with negligence wbicb occasioned him personal injury, for wbicb be asks compensation in. damages. Tbe answer of tbe defendant denies tbat it was negligent, and by an affirmative defense alleges tbat plaintiff’s injuries, if any,-were brought about solely as tbe result of bis own negligent act. Tbe trial to tbe jury upon these issues resulted in a verdict for tbe plaintiff, and judgment went accordingly, from wbicb tbe defendant appealed, and has assigned many errors, of wbicb tbe material and substantial ones are considered.

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