Bean v. Campbell

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Logan

Reversing.

L. B. Bean instituted an action for a new trial as is allowed by the provisions of section 518 of the Civil Code of Practice. There had been a suit against him, wherein the appellee was plaintiff, seeking to recover a strip of land, and, as a result of the trial, the land was awarded to appellee. Appellant, Bean, had filed an answer making defense, and there was a trial, as is shown by this record.

In his petition for a new trial appellant alleged that for more than fifteen months he had been in very bad health, and that during all of that…