Case Name: Samuel Blodgett v. Town of Royalton
Court: Vermont Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Decision Date: 1844-02
Citations: 16 Vt. 497
Docket Number: 
Parties: Samuel Blodgett v. Town of Royalton.
Judges: 
Reporter: Vermont Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 497–497

Head Matter:
Samuel Blodgett v. Town of Royalton.
A motion for a new trial cannot be entertained in the supreme court, in a case which came there on exceptions to the decision of the county court.
This case was brought to the supreme court on exceptions taken by the defendants to the decision of the county court on questions of law. The judgment having been affirmed, the defendants filed a motion for a new trial, alledging, as reasons, a surprise and the discovery of new and material testimony.
T. Hutchinson in support of the motion.
A. P. Hunton for plaintiff.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Williams, Ch. J.
The decision in the case of Minkler v. Estate of Minkler, 14 Vt. 558, is, decisive of the question now before us, and the motion cannot be sustained.
That decision is so salutary in practice, to prevent the delaying of cases by motions filed here, after a judgment has been affirmed, and whén the effect must be to delay, and they will be made for delay, that we are not disposed to question its propriety, or to reexamine the statute; and we have no reason to reject the application of the rule in the present case, as we cannot see any very substantial merits on the part of the defendants. The defendants will, therefore, take nothing by their motion.