21 Mass. 129
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 9, 1826
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1826-10-09
<p>The Court have no authority to grant a new trial or review of an issue arising, on an appeal from a decree of a judge of probate, after a judgment has been entered upon the appeal:</p>
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Decided 1826-10-09
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¶1The reasons may he as strong for giving the Court power to grant a review or new trial upon petition, in this case as in any other, but the statute from which our authority is derived appears to relate to trials in civil actions only. We consider the question as settled by the case of Borden v. Bowen.
¶2 Petition dismissed.