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26 Ohio St. (N.S.) 1

Smith v. Bailey

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1874

Ohio Supreme Court · decided 1874-12-15

M otion for leave to file a petition in error to reverse the judgment of the District Court of Hamiltou county. The plaintiffs in error were defendants in the action below, and on return of a verdict against them they moved for a new trial, on the ground of newly discovered evidence; and they now assign for error the overruling of that motion.

Decided 1874-12-15

By the Court.

¶1We know of no case where error has been maintained on this ground. The case does not come under the provisions of section 4 of the act to relieve the District Courts, passed April 12, 1858 (S. & C. 1155). Motions of this kind are addressed to the discretion of the court, and in the absence of statutory provision, its rulings thereon can not be assigned for error—at least not unless where the material facts are found by the court, or agreed upon by the parties, or where there has plainly been an abuse of judicial discretion.

¶2Motion overruled.

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