Meyer v. Fiegel

After examining closely all the testimony taken on the trial in this case, I am prepared to say that a new trial should not be granted upon newly discovered evidence. I am well aware that trials at nisi prius could not subsist without the power somewhere to grant new trials. If an erroneous judgment is given on a question of law, there are many ways of reviewing it. When a judge commits error in examining questions of fact placed before him through depositions, affidavits, or the like, there are many ways by which he can be reviewed and set right; but a general verdict can only be corrected…