Monroe v. United States

Nott, Ch. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court:

Judgment was rendered in this case on the 26th of February, 1900, in favor of the defendants (35 C. Cls. R., 199). *80The claimants appealed and the case is pending in the Supreme Court upon appeal.

The defendants now come into this coui’t and move the court to set aside the judgment heretofore rendered in their favor and to grant a new trial thereon “under and bj1- virtue of the provisions of section 1088 of the Revised Statutes,” which authorizes the court to grant a new trial at any time within two years after the rendition of a judgment where…