Electric Boat Co. v. United States

The defendant has filed a motion for a new trial and seeks an amendment of the findings as well as the right to take new or additional testimony. The motion is filed in a double aspect in that it is a motion under the rules of the court for a new trial and in some features is a motion under section 175 of the Judicial Code, which authorizes a new trial under certain conditions.

Taken as a whole, the motion presents an anomalous situation. It practically admits that the defendant had not properly prepared the defense which it now claims could have been prepared; that it did not make request for…