Larson v. Meyer Meyer

The chief complaint of appellants is that the court erred in denying a new trial based upon the ground of newly discovered evidence. To better understand the ruling of the court, a brief statement of the facts will be helpful.

The plaintiff is an unmarried laboring man, 72 years old at the time of the trial, who had lived about the town of Dows and worked at common labor for over 20 years. He had acquired a modest amount of property. From 1929 to 1936 he had made his home with the defendant, R.H. Meyer, commonly called Roman Meyer. During all, or the greater portion of this time, Meyer lived…