Aspen Times Publishing Co. v. Russell
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the County Court of Pitkin Cbunty. Action to recover an alleged balance for personal services. This action was originally commenced before a justice of the peace. In the justice’s court the plaintiff recovered judgment for a little over $200. In the county court, on appeal, plaintiff again recovered judgment for 1135. From the latter judgment the defendant company appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Elliott
The assignments of error are summarized by appellant’s counsel as follows: “ That the jury had not sufficient evidence to warrant the verdict, and that the verdict is against the evidence.” No questions of law are presented by this appeal, except as they are involved in the assignment of error thus stated.
From the evidence it appears that the defendant, the Aspen Times Publishing Company, was, prior to the time when this controversy arose, engaged in the business of publishing a newspaper in Aspen, Colorado, and that plaintiff Russell was employed by said company as city editor, reporter, and…
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