Schroeder v. City of Hartford

The appeal relates solely to the refusal of the trial court to set aside the verdict as contrary to law or to the facts, or both, or as excessive. It is contended, first, that the jury was not justified in finding that the plaintiff was free from contributory negligence. She was walking along her right hand portion of a much-traveled sidewalk, and, naturally, near the edge of the walk and close to the building adjoining it. Her own testimony and that of her husband afford the principal direct evidence as to her conduct at the time, and there is a decided conflict of testimony as to the extent…