Cogdill v. City of Marion

Plaintiff, a 53 year old housewife, was injured in a fall on the parkway in front of her home. A jury returned a $5,000 verdict in her suit against the City of Marion in the Circuit Court of Williamson County. This appeal is from the judgment entered on said verdict and from the denial of defendant’s post-trial motions. The principal contentions made relate to the sufficiency of the evidence as a matter of law, the manifest weight of said evidence, and the admission of certain testimony over defendant’s objection.

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