Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Volume 11Tavel, Eastman & Howell, 1883 |
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... judge thought not , and dismissed the petition on motion . The petitioner appealed . Shortly after the adoption of the new Constitu- tion of 1870 , the Legislature undertook by the act of 1871 , ch . 54 , to confer upon the chancery ...
... judge thought not , and dismissed the petition on motion . The petitioner appealed . Shortly after the adoption of the new Constitu- tion of 1870 , the Legislature undertook by the act of 1871 , ch . 54 , to confer upon the chancery ...
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... judge may well narrow the matters submitted to the jury in accordance with the express or fairly implied conces- sions of the parties , so as to lighten the labor of the jury , and hasten the dispatch of business : Hayes v . Cheatham ...
... judge may well narrow the matters submitted to the jury in accordance with the express or fairly implied conces- sions of the parties , so as to lighten the labor of the jury , and hasten the dispatch of business : Hayes v . Cheatham ...
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... judge or chair- man of the county court , and the county court shall proceed to make all necessary provisions for the re- moval of the county seat , and the erection of the proper and necessary buildings for the courts . " Under this ...
... judge or chair- man of the county court , and the county court shall proceed to make all necessary provisions for the re- moval of the county seat , and the erection of the proper and necessary buildings for the courts . " Under this ...
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... judge , a jury being waived , of assault and battery , and has appealed to this court . The defendant was authorized by an ordinance of the taxing district to take up and put in a pound stock , including swine , running at large upon ...
... judge , a jury being waived , of assault and battery , and has appealed to this court . The defendant was authorized by an ordinance of the taxing district to take up and put in a pound stock , including swine , running at large upon ...
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... judge of the criminal court , was erroneous . And inasmuch as the guilt of the defendant depended upon the invalidity of said ordinance , the judgment will be reversed , and defendant will be discharged . ANNA M. ELLIOTT v . B. W. ...
... judge of the criminal court , was erroneous . And inasmuch as the guilt of the defendant depended upon the invalidity of said ordinance , the judgment will be reversed , and defendant will be discharged . ANNA M. ELLIOTT v . B. W. ...
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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...