Marks v. Shoup

BROWN, District Judge.

The motion for a new trial filed in this case is a rehearsal of the statutory grounds for a- new trial. These grounds are stated practically in the language of the statute, and there is nothing added by way of particularity, or to show what the specific grounds for the motion are.

This court has repeatedly called the attention of counsel to the fact that such a motion is practically of no value. Section 229 of our Code of Civil Procedure reads as follows:

“In all eases of motion for a new trial, the grounds thereof shall be plainly specified, and no cause of new trial not…