City & County of Denver v. Pilo

The parties to this action are before us in reverse order of their appearance in the trial court and will be designated herein as plaintiff, and defendant or city. Plaintiff secured a verdict of $3,870 for damages to his crops of celery, beets and turnips, and to the grounds on which they grew, alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence in excavating above and along a five foot pipe running into the South Platte river through a dyke, and in leaving the excavation open on Saturday afternoon with no intention of doing further work until the following Monday morning, during which…