Stokes v. Morris & Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The defendant appeals from a judgment against it under the workmen’s compensation act. Major Stokes was injured, November, 1917, while he was an employee of the defendant, and according to the verdict of the jury died as a result of that injury. The plaintiff brought the action as the widow of Major Stokes. The defendant came within the operation of the workmen’s compensation act.

The serious question presented arises out of the order overruling the defendant’s motion for a new trial. One of the grounds of that motion was newly discovered…