Colorado Central Railroad v. Martin

Beck, O. J.

It appears from the transcript of the record that there have been two trials of this cause in the court below, the first resulting in a verdict for plaintiff of $7,000, and the second in a verdict of $2,000. Counsel for the appellee, who was plaintiff below, insist that no error intervened on the second trial, and cite authorities to sustain the rulings and instructions of the district court, but say in the concluding paragraph of their brief: “ The verdict of the jury was so small that if the court can grant a new trial without violating any of the known principles of the law…