McLimans v. City of Lancaster

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff by reason of the insufficiency and want of repair of a sidewalk in said city. The cause was fully tried and the evidence very voluminous, and the plaintiff recovered a verdict of $2,000. The defendant made a motion to set aside the verdict, and impliedly to grant a new trial in the cause, on the minutes, on the grounds that the court erred in giving certain instructions to the jury, in rejecting certain instructions asked by the defendant, and because the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence, and the…