Gannon v. State
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for a new trial for newly-discovered evidence, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Shumway, J.; demurrer to petition sustained, and appeal by the plaintiff. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
A court which has rendered final judgment in a cause tried before it may, upon reasonable ground being shown, grant a new trial in the exercise of that discretionary power—within the limits of law over their own judgments—vested in courts. General Statutes, Rev. 1902, § 815. Upon an application for this purpose, process is issued citing the opposite party to appear and be heard. This, however, does not make the application an independent action. Magill v. Lyman, 6 Conn. 59; Spear v. Coon, 32 id. 292. The finality of a judgment does not preclude the court that rendered it from entertaining…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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