Denmond v. Hillyer

1. Where upon the call of a ease counsel entered upon the trial thereof without making any motion for a continuance or any suggestion of his client’s absence, or of his desire to have her present, or of the materiality of her evidence, it will not necessitate the grant of a new trial that she made affidavit that for several days before the trial she was ill and could not attend the trial and testify, or communicate with her counsel; especially where the statement contained in her affidavit as to the evidence which she would have given was of the vaguest and most general character.

2. Where…