Short answer. No. Rule 70, Section 13 expressly lists a motion for new trial, for reconsideration of a judgment, or for reopening of trial among the pleadings and motions not allowed in an ejectment case. That motion is not a path available to you after judgment in this kind of case.

What the law says

Motion for new trial, or for reconsideration of a judgment, or for reopening of trial

Rule 70, Section 13 — Prohibited pleadings and motions. Read the full provision →

Why ejectment cases run on a restricted list of pleadings

Rule 70 governs forcible entry and unlawful detainer, the ejectment actions meant to move quickly through summary procedure. Section 13 supports that speed directly: the following petitions, motions, or pleadings shall not be allowed. Rather than leaving the parties to file whatever motions an ordinary civil case would permit, the rule names a specific, closed list of filings that are simply off the table in this kind of case, precisely because they tend to slow a case down.

Where your motion falls on that list

The motion you are asking about is named specifically: motion for new trial, or for reconsideration of a judgment, or for reopening of trial. All three of these ways of asking the court to revisit its decision after judgment are barred in an ejectment case. Whether you would call it a motion for new trial or a request to reopen the trial, both are the same prohibited category under this rule.

What else the same list rules out

The prohibition is not limited to post-judgment motions. The same section also bars a petition for relief from judgment, and a petition for certiorari, mandamus, or prohibition against an interlocutory order the court issues along the way. Between these, a litigant in an ejectment case has markedly fewer avenues to challenge what happens during the case, or immediately after judgment, than a party in an ordinary civil action would. If you believe the judgment against you was wrong, the ordinary route in an ejectment case is an appeal from that judgment, not a motion asking the same court that decided it to hold a new trial.

Why the rule is built this way

Ejectment cases are meant to resolve who has the right to physical possession of property quickly, often while a deeper dispute over ownership is settled separately through an ordinary action. A motion for new trial or reopening of trial can add weeks or months to a case precisely because it asks the court to revisit evidence and testimony already presented. Barring that motion, along with the other prohibited filings on the same list, keeps an ejectment case moving toward a prompt judgment rather than getting bogged down in post-trial relitigation of the same facts.

Related provisions

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