Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Volume 11Tavel, Eastman & Howell, 1883 |
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... issue joined on the plea , the proof of heir- ship may be made in open court , or by depositions taken on notice , or before the clerk upon a reference to him for the purpose , the latter being the most convenient mode . 3. SAME . Same ...
... issue joined on the plea , the proof of heir- ship may be made in open court , or by depositions taken on notice , or before the clerk upon a reference to him for the purpose , the latter being the most convenient mode . 3. SAME . Same ...
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... The supposed heirs may join issue on the first of the pleas filed in this case , and and have a reference to the master to take proof and report the facts . Slattery v . Lea . The other plea is clearly 8 JACKSON : Cold , 568.
... The supposed heirs may join issue on the first of the pleas filed in this case , and and have a reference to the master to take proof and report the facts . Slattery v . Lea . The other plea is clearly 8 JACKSON : Cold , 568.
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... issue down between the plaintiff Slattery on the one side and the defend- ant on the other . " The only error assigned for reversal is in this part of the charge as infringing upon the province of the jury . But in the absence of any ...
... issue down between the plaintiff Slattery on the one side and the defend- ant on the other . " The only error assigned for reversal is in this part of the charge as infringing upon the province of the jury . But in the absence of any ...
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... issue upon the order of condemnation of the Octo- ber term , 1873. At the October term , 1879 , it was suggested to the court that Grant was dead , and that he had previously sold and conveyed the land to Hiram Mann , whereupon a scire ...
... issue upon the order of condemnation of the Octo- ber term , 1873. At the October term , 1879 , it was suggested to the court that Grant was dead , and that he had previously sold and conveyed the land to Hiram Mann , whereupon a scire ...
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... issue in three years brought the case to trial on or near that period is a matter that cannot be charged on him as laches , or an abandonment of his levy , or even abatement of the rigor of his lis pendens . The record shows that in ...
... issue in three years brought the case to trial on or near that period is a matter that cannot be charged on him as laches , or an abandonment of his levy , or even abatement of the rigor of his lis pendens . The record shows that in ...
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Page 475 - In all other cases, the defendant may be found guilty of any offense the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he is charged in the indictment
Page 56 - The generality of a title is therefore no objection to it, so long as it is not made a cover to legislation incongruous in itself, and which by no fair intendment can be considered as having a necessary or proper connection.
Page 312 - ... 1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence; 2. When a person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence ; 3. When a felony has in fact been committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it; 4.
Page 560 - ... unless the intent to pass a less estate or interest, shall appear by express terms, or be necessarily implied in the terms of such grant.
Page 534 - In consideration of the reduced rate at which this ticket is sold...
Page 129 - heirs or personal representatives" of a person whose death has been caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another "may maintain an action for damages against the person causing the death.
Page 283 - In the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice...
Page 27 - ... where an old county is reduced for the purpose of forming a new one, the seat of justice in said old county shall not be removed without the concurrence of two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature, nor shall the seat of justice of any county be removed without the concurrence of two-thirds of the Qualified voters of the county.
Page 128 - District Judges are pronouncing no mere rigmarole when, in law cases, they charge jurors that they are the sole and exclusive judges of the credibility of the witnesses, and the weight to be given to their testimony.
Page 61 - No decree bindeth any that cometh in bona fide by conveyance from the defendant before the bill exhibited, and is made no party, neither by bill nor order; but where he comes in pendente lite, and while the suit is in full prosecution, and without any color of allowance or privity of the court, there regularly the decree bindeth...