City & County of Denver v. Talarico

The parties to this action will he herein designated as plaintiff and the city or defendant, as they appeared in the district court. Plaintiff secured a verdict of $9,000 for damages to a crop of celery and the ground on which it grew, alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence in excavating above and along a five foot pipe running to the South Platte river through a dyke, thus allowing flood waters coming down the river while the excavation was open to overflow plaintiff’s land. Judgment was entered on the verdict. The city seeks a reversal for alleged errors of law, and also…