Town of Colorado v. Liafe
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of El Paso County. William P. Liafe was employed by the street commissioner of Colorado City to work in a gravel-pit as an ordinary laborer, and while so employed, the gravel bank caved, in and fell upon him, injuring him to such an extent that he was compelled to have his left leg amputated just below the knee.
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Appeal from the District Court of El Paso County. William P. Liafe was employed by the street commissioner of Colorado City to work in a gravel-pit as an ordinary laborer, and while so employed, the gravel bank caved, in and fell upon him, injuring him to such an extent that he was compelled to have his left leg amputated just below the knee. In the complaint,' the plaintiff charges that his injury was due to the negligence of the officers of the town; that the officers knew that the gravel bank was in a dangerous condition, and knew that the plaintiff was not aware of its dangerous…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Steele
There are twelve assignments of error. The assignments principally discussed being those relating to the admission of the conversation as testified to by the witness Watson, and the giving and refusal of certain instructions. Misconduct of the attorney for the plaintiff in his address to the jury is alleged as a ground for reversal, and an affidavit concerning the alleged misconduct appears in the record, but the record does not show that the court’s attention was directed to the alleged misconduct, and we will not consider the assignment. It sufficiently appears from the record in the case…
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