Gray v. Sawyer

SIMS, Justice.

The question to be determined on this appeal is, when does a judgment become final for the purpose of filing a suit for a new trial under § 344 or § 518 of the Civil Code of Practice? The first mentioned section reads:

“If grounds for a new trial be discovered after the term at which the verdict or decision is rendered, the application may be made by a petition filed with the clerk not later than the second term after the discovery * * *. But no such application shall -be made more than three years after the final judgment was rendered; ‡ ‡ iji ft

*11The judgment in the original…