Allen v. Gillum

At the October term, 1859, of said Court, the appellee obtained a judgment against the appellant; at the next term of said Court, the appellant filed a petition, alleging that he had, since the former term, discovered a cause for a new trial, viz., that he had discovered three witnesses, whom he named, by whose testimony he could prove that the note which was the foundation of the action was executed on Sunday, and that the payee of the note said that he had purposely taken it on that day, because lie never expected, nor intended, to collect it; that petitioner did not know of said witnesses…