Pierce v. Pierce

On trial of plaintiff in error’s complaint for absolute divorce, and defendant in error’s cross-complaint for separate maintenance, verdicts favorable to defendant in error were returned. To consistent judgment error is assigned.

Plaintiff in error presents two points: (1) That the court erred in admitting a certain exhibit; (2) that the court erred in refusing to grant a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence having to do with the questioned exhibit.

1. The exhibit was a letter from a third party (a woman), addressed to plaintiff in error, but the evidence does not show that the…