Benson v. Town of Hamilton
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Skagit county, Joiner, J., entered February 9, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff for personal injuries sustained through a defect in the sidewalk.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
Respondent was injured by a fall on a defective sidewalk in the town of Hamilton. She recovered a judgment in the court below. The town prosecutes this appeal, alleging error of the trial court upon the following grounds: (1) in denying appellant’s application for a continuance of the trial on account of the drunken condition of a witness; (2) in denying a motion for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence, and upon the ground of the insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict.(1) At the trial appellant called a witness by the name of W. H. Rugg. This witness, after…
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