Barker v. French
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition for a new trial. The facts in the case, on which the decision was founded, sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court, — which was delivered by
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Ch. J.
The court have been averse to granting new trials on the ground of new discovered evidence. If the party might have availed himself of the same testimony by the use of due diligence or if the testimony is cumulative, — that is, additional witnesses are offered to the same fact before litigated, leaving it still doubtful, — a new trial is not to be granted. But it has not been refused solely because cumulative, if it will make a doubtful case clear.
In this case it appears, that French claimed by an absolute bill of sale from Batclielder, and the case went to the jury on that…
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