Meeks v. City of St. Paul

On March 20, 1895, the plaintiff was injured by a defect in a sidewalk of the defendant, and this action was brought to recover damages for such injury. He recovered $3,000, and the defendant appeals from an order denying its motion for a new trial.

1. The first assignment of error is that the trial court erred in admitting evidence as to the probable cost of medical treatment of the plaintiff subsequent to the trial. Evidence was offered, on behalf of the plaintiff, tending to show that there was a withering or atrophy of the muscles of his left shoulder joint, particularly the deltoid, as a…