Houston v. City of Omaha

Ragan, C.

Margaret Houston sued the city of Omaha in .the district court of Douglas county for damages which she alleged she sustained on the 25th day of April, 1889, by falling through a defective sidewalk in said city. The city had a verdict and judgment and she brings the case here for review, and assigns the following errors:

1. “Irregularity in the proceedings of the court and jury, by. which plaintiff was prevented from having a fair trial.” This is the statutory ground for a new trial given by the first subdivision of section 314 of the Code of Civil Procedure. An assignment like this in…