Case: Fire Fikes, appellant, vs. George Bentley, appellee
Abbreviation: Fikes v. Bentley
Decision Date: 1828-05
Docket Number: 
Citation: 1 Ark. Terr. Rep. 61
Volume: 1
Reporter: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the United States Superior Court for the Territory of Arkansas, from 1820 to 1836
Court: Superior Court of the Territory of Arkansas
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Parties: Fire Fikes, appellant, vs. George Bentley, appellee.
Judges: 
Pages: 61–61

Head Matter:
Fire Fikes, appellant, vs. George Bentley, appellee.
On an application for a new trial, on the ground of newly discovered evidence, it should appear that it was unknown to the party at the trial, as well as his counsel.
May, 1828.
— Appeal from Conway Circuit Court, determined before Benjamin Johnson, Thomas P. Eskridge, and William Trimble, judges.

Opinion:
Opinion oe the Court. — This is an appeal from the Conway circuit court. The appellant moved for a new trial, on an affidavit setting forth newly discovered evidence, and stating that the evidence was not known to his counsel on the trial of the cause. But it does not state that it was unknown to himself, which we think indispensable. Judgment affirmed.