Knowles v. Northrop
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence; brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County. Demurrer to the complaint. Heard before Torrance, J. Complaint held insufficient and judgment rendered for the defendant. Appeal by the plaintiff. The case is. sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
This is a complaint asking for a new trial for newly discovered evidence.
In 1881 the defendant brought an action of ejectment against the plaintiff and recovered judgment. In the trial *361of that cause it was a material question whether Gad Northrop and Cordelia Dennis, father and mother of the plaintiff, were ever lawfully married. In support of the claim that they were so.married, the plaintiff, with other evidence, offered and the court received what purported to be a certificate of such marriage signed by the officiating magistrate and by Thomas Lee and Morgan L. Emeigh as witnesses of the…
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