Case Name: Miller F. Beebe vs. Allen Beebe
Court: Kalamazoo County Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1871-05
Citations: 2 Mich. N.P. R. 144
Docket Number: 
Parties: Miller F. Beebe vs. Allen Beebe
Judges: 
Reporter: The Michigan Nisi Prius Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 144–145

Head Matter:
Miller F. Beebe vs. Allen Beebe
Motion for now trial. Citation of authorities, where the ground for tho motion is newly disoov erpd evidence.
Kalamazoo Circuit,
May, 1871,
O. T. TuthiU, for the motion.
ScverenstSs Burrows, Contra.
Motion for new trial, by defendant.

Opinion:
By the Court,
Brown, J.
The motion in this case is denied, the showing being deemed insufficient.
One of the grounds relied upon for a new trial was newly discovered evidence, and in support of this ground the following authorities were cited: Hilliard on New Trials, 362, 382, 384; 1 Johns. Cases, 402; 20 Conn., 305; 14 Vt., 414; 7 Dana, 329; 28 Maine, 379; 7 Met. 478; 6 Pick, 114; 18 Vt., 460; 20 Conn., 305; 3 Gra., and Waterman on N. T., 1019.
Contra: It must be made to appear affirmatively that the evi. denee could not have been discovered by due,ordinary or reasonable diligence. Hilliard on New Trials, 378; Robinson vs. Doe, 6 Blackf., 85; Gardner vs. Gardner, 2 Gray, 434; People vs. Mack, 2 Parker, 673; Simpkins vs. Wilson, 11 Ind., 541; Laflin vs. Herrington, 17 Ill., 399; Williams vs. Baldwin, 18 John., 489; Stearns vs. Allen, 18 Vt., 119.
Newly discovered evidence, merely cumulative, is no ground for a new trial. Hilliard on N. T., 180, § 13; Stimpson vs. Wilson, 6 Ind., 474; Ferrin vs. Protection Ins. Co., 11 Ohio, 147; Schlencker vs. Risley, 3 Scam., 483; Smith vs. Schultz, 1 Scam., 499; Jennings vs. Loring, 5 Ind., 250; Gardner vs. Gardner, 2 Gray, 434; Manix vs. Malony, 7 Clark, 81; Gardner vs. Mitchell, 6 Pick., 116; Sawyer vs. Merrill, 10 Pick., 16; Whitbeck vs. Whitbeck, 9 Cow., 266; People vs. S. C. of N. Y., 5 Wend., 114; 10 Id., 85.
Newly discovered evidence, which goes only to impeach the credit or character of a witness, is not suffle ient ground for a new trial. Hilliard on N. T., 385; 6 Blackf., 496; 11 Barb., 215; 2 Denio, 109; 11 Ind., 234; 5 John., 248.