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3 Ky. Op. 155

Kohn v. Austin

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided March 1, 1869

Court of Appeals of Kentucky · decided 1869-03-01

<p>New Trial — Surprise.</p> <p>Where the grounds for a new trial, is surprise, by the testimony of plaintiff’s witnesses, to be available, they must be sustained by affidavits as required by the Cieil Code — Sections 369-372.</p>

Decided 1869-03-01

¶1Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hardin:

¶2The instructions and rulings of the court under which the jury found their verdict against the appellant and Sales, do not appear to have been objected to on the. trial, nor was any error therein assigned as a ground for a new trial. The objection to said instructions, taken for the first time in this court, is, therefore, not an available cause for reversal.

¶3Nor does it appear that the court erred in refusing to grant the appellant a new trial on the ground that he was surprised by the testimony of witnesses examined by the plaintiff. If the cause of surprise assigned were sufficient if true it was not sustained by affidavits as required by the Civil Code. (Sections 369-372.)

¶4The verdict of the jury does not seem liable to the objection that *156it was not sustained by tbe evidence, either as to tbe material facts in issue or tbe amount of tbe damages assessed.

Bullock & Anderson, English & Hoke, for appellant.Jackson, McKay, Harney & Harney, for appellee.

¶5Wherefore, tbe judgment is affirmed.

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