Haswell v. Bussing
New York Supreme Court
IN ERROR, on certiorari, from a justice’s court. The material fact stated on the return was, that the justice admitted one of the parties, as a witness de bene esse; but that he afterwards disregarded the testimony, not considering it as evidence in the cause.
1Per curiam
The judgment must be reversed. It would lead to great abuse, if a justice were allowed to admit a witness to testify, de bene esse, and to say, that he afterwards disregarded the evidence.
GENERAL RULE.
Ordered, that whenever a motion shall be made to set aside a report of referees, on the merits, or for a new trial, upon newly discovered evidence, copies of the affidavits whereon the motion is made or opposed, shall be furnished to each of the judges, on the opening of the argument: And whenever a motion shall be made in arrest of judgment, copies of the pleadings, or of so much thereof as may…
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