Widman v. Kearns
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for a new trial upon the alleged ground of newly-discovered evidence, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Webb, J., upon a demurrer to the petition; the court sustained the demurrer and dismissed the petition, and from this judgment the petitioner appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtGager, J.
This is a petition for a new trial on account of newly-discovered evidence in the case of Kearns v. Widman, 94 Conn. 257, 108 Atl. 661. The petition alleges, in substance, that in the trial of that case it was a material question whether this plaintiff was guilty of negligence in operating her automobile upon the public highway described therein in such manner as to collide against this defendant, and whether this defendant had been guilty of contributory negligence in placing herself in a dangerous position at the time she was injured, and whether the injury was not the result of inevitable…
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