Denver City Tramway Co. v. Nicholas
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. Hon. Frank T. Johnson, Judge. The amended complaint, inter alia, avers: ‘ ‘ That The Denver Consolidated Tramway Company, predecessor of the defendant, was possessed of certain cars moved and propelled by means of an electric current conveyed thereto by wire stretched over the railway.
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Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. Hon. Frank T. Johnson, Judge. The amended complaint, inter alia, avers: ‘ ‘ That The Denver Consolidated Tramway Company, predecessor of the defendant, was possessed of certain cars moved and propelled by means of an electric current conveyed thereto by wire stretched over the railway. That the motor cars were equipped with an arm attached thereto upon the top of the cars, and moved vertically upon a hinge and with a wheel upon the movable end thereof, called a trolley wheel, by which wheel and other devices, the particulars whereof are…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
The conduct of the trial and the control of counsel in the arguments and statements made to the jury is so fully within the discretion of the court, and the question whether a new trial should be granted for misconduct of counsel in his remarks to the jury resting in the sound judicial discretion of the trial court, the matter will not be interfered with on appeal unless it manifestly appears that such discretion is clearly abused.—Hill v. Colo. Nat’l Bank, 2 Colo. App. 324; Felt v. Cleghorn, 2 Colo. App. 4; San Miguel Consld. Gold Min. Co. v. Bonner, 33 Colo. 207; vol. 5 Current Law, 255-263.
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- Birge v. GardinerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1849
- Mangam v. . Brooklyn R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1868
- Pueblo Electric Street Ry. Co. v. ShermanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1898
- Felt v. CleghornColorado Court of Appeals · 1892
- San Miguel Consolidated Gold Mining Co. v. BonnerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1905
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- Colorado Utilities Corp. v. CasadySupreme Court of Colorado · 1931
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