CITY OF NEWPORT v. MAYTUM


342 S.W.2d 703 (1961)

CITY OF NEWPORT, a Municipal Corporation, Appellant, v. Mary MAYTUM, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 3, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Schear, City Sol., Wesley Bowen, Asst. City Sol., Newport, for appellant.

R. Howard Smith, Newport, for appellee.


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 appellee; (2) appellee's counsel was guilty of misconduct in his final argument to the jury; and (3) the verdict...

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