Arps v. City & County of Denver

The parties ’ names appear here in the same order as at the trial, and will be referred to as plaintiff and defendants when not otherwise designated.

Arps sued the City and County of Denver and D. G. Gordon, doing business as the Gordon Construction Company, to recover for personal injuries and also for damages to an automobile that plaintiff was driving, which was overturned on a pile of loose sand and gravel left by the construction company across a city street. Plaintiff alleged negligence; defendants claimed contributory negligence. At the close of plaintiff’s testimony, the court granted…