City of Newport v. Maytum

STEWART, Judge.

This is an appeal by the City of Newport from a judgment awarding Mary Maytum $6,000 damages against the City of Newport for injuries she claimed were received by her due to a fall she sustained on a public sidewalk.

The city urges these grounds for reversal: (1) The lower court erred in failing to exclude certain evidence offered by ap-pellee; (2) appellee’s counsel was guilty of misconduct in his final argument to the jury; and (3) the verdict of the jury is excessive. Since we are reversing the judgment, and in all probability there will be a new trial of this case, we shall…