Covello v. Bloom

The court will treat the plaintiff’s “motion to open judgment” as a petition for a new trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence. Civitello vs. Connecticut Savings Bank 128 Conn. 621, 626.

During the course of the trial the plaintiff offered evidence that the defendant was celebrating the birth of a grandchild by offering his fellow employees drinks from a bottle of whiskey, and that the defendant had himself consumed some of the whiskey. The court attempted to exclude this testimony because it was immaterial and because no claim was made by the plaintiff that the defendant was under…