Griffin v. City of Chillicothe

Action in damages for personal injuries. The verdict of the jury assessed plaintiff’s damages at the sum of $25,000. After compulsory remittitur, judgment was entered for plaintiff in the sum of $12,000. Defendant has appealed.

The undisputed facts are that Washington Street is a north-and-south public street in the city of Chillicothe. It is intersected by Ann and Clay streets. Such is the location. Washing-ton Street was originally laid out as a street one hundred feet wide, and was improved and used as a public street throughout the entire width for many years. Several years before the…