Parsons v. Platt
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for a new trial, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield county, and heard before Brewster, J. Petition dismissed and motion in error by the petitioner.* The principles of law decided by the court will be sufficiently understood without a statement of the facts of the case, which would occupy much space.
1Opinion of the CourtButler, C. J.
This is a petition for a new trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence, addressed to the Court of Common Pleas, which tried the case. The petition is sufficiently formal, and is to be governed by the rules of law applicable to the determination of petitions of that character. The court found the facts alleged to be true, but held them insufficient in the law. In order to decide whether the judge erred in so holding, we must look at the legal requisites of such a petition and see if the facts found brought the case within them.
First, it must be averred in the petition, and made to…
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