Clement v. Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Vermont.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error by the defendant in the court below brought to review an order setting aside a verdict in favor of the defendant and directing a new trial. The verdict was set aside because the court was of the opinion that it had not been rendered by an impartial jury. There are two reasons why this writ of error cannot be entertained: (1) It has long been the established law in the courts of the United States that to grant or refuse a new trial rests in the sound discretion of the court to-*750which the motion is addressed, and the result cannot be made the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. HorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- NUDD v. Burrows, AssigneeSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Newcomb v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Baker v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- St. Clair County v. LovingstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
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- Hunt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
- Jones v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
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