· 3/10/1931
Cox's Administrator v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co.
Citations
- 37 S.W.2d 859
- 238 Ky. 312
- 1931 Ky. LEXIS 232
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- the writ of coram nobis is part of the Commonwealth's \due course of law\ protected by Ky. Const. Sec. 14.
- the writ of coram nobis is part of the Commonwealth’s “due course of law” protected by Ky. Const.Sec. 14.
- “[I]t is not enough [to warrant a new trial] to merely show that a prosecuting witness has subsequently made contradictory statements or that he is willing to swear that his testimony upon the trial was false, for his later oath is no more binding that his former one.”
- explaining writ of coram nobis in depth
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Judges: Richardson
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