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EUTHERFORD V. PENN. MUT. LIFE INS. 00. 457 �the court is obligod to pass upon without that consideration which is desirable ; and the policy of the law is always to provide ample means to a review or reconsideration of the questions which may arise in the course of a jury trial, and to reserve to the court a right, upon a reconsideration, to set aside the judgment or modify it, if the ends of justice and the law seem to require it. Theuefore, I think that, under section 726, the party had a right to laake his motion for a new trial. �But there is another section that has been called to my attention — section 987 of the Revised Statutes. This section still further provides for motions of this character, and it applies to the case where a party is not prepared at the time of trial so immediately file his motion. It provides for giving time within which that may be done. It says : "When a cir- cuit court enters judgment in a civil action, either upon a verdict or on a finding of the court upon the facts, in cases where such finding is allowed execution may, on motion of either party, at the discretion of the court, and on such con- siderations for the security of the adverse party as it may judge proper, be stayed 42 days from the time of entering judgment, to give time to file in the clerk's office of said court a petition for a new trial." * • * * ^.nd tjjen follows a provision, that "if such petition is filed within said term of 42 days, with a certificate thereon from any judge of such court that he allows it to be filed, which certificate he may make or refuse, at his discretion, execution shall, of course, be further stayed to the next session of said court. If a new trial be granted, the former judgment shall be thereby rendered void." �Now this is not the only section under which the party can apply for a new trial. His right to apply is independent of this section. This provides for a case where he desires to obtain from the court an extension of the usual time within which to make his application for a new trial ; and in that case, where he gets such time merely to apply, he must show that he has presented his petition, and that it has been allowed in accordance with the provisions of the section ; but ��� �