9 Colo. App. 144 | Colo. Ct. App. | 1897
delivered the opinion of the court.
Mrs. Human brought this suit against the city to recover for an injury which she received in slipping on the sidewalk which was under discussion in the case of the City v. Hickey, immediately preceding this. It would only encumber the reports to write an extended opinion in this case disposing of the same questions which were settled in the case of the City v. Hickey. We are quite at liberty to refer to that case for our views respecting the duties of the city and its responsibilities with reference to the care of its walks and particularly that walk laid in front of the post office. The only difference between this case and that lies in the fact that the city offered the deeds from Tabor to the government in
In the present suit the plaintiff did not attempt to show what her earnings had been when she A\ras out at service before the injury, nor what she could probably have earned had she been able to resume her business after the accident happened. This proof, of course, would have been essential had there been any allegations of special damages and she had sought to enhance her recovery by proof of the val ue of her loss of time. Since she offered no proof in that direction, Ave do not see that the general rules respecting the production .of testimony to recover for a personal injury Avere in
We are unable to discover any errors in the record which ought to be permitted to disturb the judgment, and it will accordingly be affirmed.
Affirmed.