Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Volume 11Tavel, Eastman & Howell, 1883 |
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... reason why the property should be sold , as is required under the statute referred to . The purpose of the section cited is to protect persons under disability from the artifices of persons who may desire to own their property and may ...
... reason why the property should be sold , as is required under the statute referred to . The purpose of the section cited is to protect persons under disability from the artifices of persons who may desire to own their property and may ...
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... reason alone he declined . to answer . The Attorney - General then stated in open court that he would not prefer an indictment against Muller upon said charge . The court thereupon ruled that said Muller must answer the question , and ...
... reason alone he declined . to answer . The Attorney - General then stated in open court that he would not prefer an indictment against Muller upon said charge . The court thereupon ruled that said Muller must answer the question , and ...
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... reason why he was not summoned , or that he or his family were actually sick , or that there was no other witness known to the defense , either present or whose attendance could be procured , by whom the same facts could be proved . It ...
... reason why he was not summoned , or that he or his family were actually sick , or that there was no other witness known to the defense , either present or whose attendance could be procured , by whom the same facts could be proved . It ...
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... reason or law , as a ground upon which to disturb the verdict . * * * It does not appear that any question was made as to the given name of the deceased . ** The witnesses all referred to the deceased as Trammel , or the man that was ...
... reason or law , as a ground upon which to disturb the verdict . * * * It does not appear that any question was made as to the given name of the deceased . ** The witnesses all referred to the deceased as Trammel , or the man that was ...
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... reason , and perhaps of authority , is to concede the exemption to such corporations as to all matters in which they stand in the place of the State for public purposes : Sims v . Chattanooga , 2 Lea , 694 . And it has accordingly been ...
... reason , and perhaps of authority , is to concede the exemption to such corporations as to all matters in which they stand in the place of the State for public purposes : Sims v . Chattanooga , 2 Lea , 694 . And it has accordingly been ...
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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...