Cawthra v. City of Greeley

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice McWilliams.

Trial by jury resulted in a verdict in favor of. Lillian Cawthra against the City of Greeley in the sum of $6500 as damages for personal injuries suffered by her in a fall on a sidewalk in that city.

Greeley in apt time filed a motion for new trial wherein it averred, among other things, the following:

“4. That during the course of the trial, one- óf the jurors went to the scene of the accident and observed that the sidewalk that was involved in the accident had been repaired by the City, and conveyed this information to some or all of the jurors during…