Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Volume 6S.C. Mercer, 1870 |
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... principles here- inbefore stated , and was correct . Affirm the judgment . M. C. PURYEAR et als . vs. SALLIE REESE et als . 1. CONTESTED WILL . Subscribing witness . Examination of . In a contest in reference to the validity of a Will ...
... principles here- inbefore stated , and was correct . Affirm the judgment . M. C. PURYEAR et als . vs. SALLIE REESE et als . 1. CONTESTED WILL . Subscribing witness . Examination of . In a contest in reference to the validity of a Will ...
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... principles involved , are as follows : ― On the day of September , 1865 , the testator , Pat- rick Reese , was shot at night by some unknown per- son ; several wounds were inflicted upon him , from the effect of which , he lingered ...
... principles involved , are as follows : ― On the day of September , 1865 , the testator , Pat- rick Reese , was shot at night by some unknown per- son ; several wounds were inflicted upon him , from the effect of which , he lingered ...
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... principle , it is em- braced within the rule settled by the decisions of this Court , in the case of Terral vs. Alder , 2 Swan , 77 . The Court say : " A bill of exceptions is for matter ex- cepted to at the trial , and ascertained ...
... principle , it is em- braced within the rule settled by the decisions of this Court , in the case of Terral vs. Alder , 2 Swan , 77 . The Court say : " A bill of exceptions is for matter ex- cepted to at the trial , and ascertained ...
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... principles settled by our adjudications . The entry made at the Novem- ber Term , 1867 , that the entry is made , " as of the July Term , " 1867 , cannot have relation , so as to make it an entry nunc pro tunc . It cannot , therefore ...
... principles settled by our adjudications . The entry made at the Novem- ber Term , 1867 , that the entry is made , " as of the July Term , " 1867 , cannot have relation , so as to make it an entry nunc pro tunc . It cannot , therefore ...
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... principles involved , are substantially as follows : On the 26th of April , 1861 , the first note was discounted by the branch of the Planters Bank at Franklin , for $ 4,000.00 . In August of the same year , it was re- newed , and ...
... principles involved , are substantially as follows : On the 26th of April , 1861 , the first note was discounted by the branch of the Planters Bank at Franklin , for $ 4,000.00 . In August of the same year , it was re- newed , and ...
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Page 265 - ... So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants of full age in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor they shall receive authority, with time and place, to elect representatives from their counties or townships to represent them in the general assembly: provided that for every five hundred free male inhabitants there shall be one representative...
Page 373 - A civil war is never solemnly declared ; it becomes such by its accidents, — the number, power, and organization of the persons who originate and carry it on. When the party in rebellion occupy and hold in a hostile manner a certain portion of territory ; have declared their independence ; have cast off their allegiance ; have organized armies; have commenced hostilities against their former sovereign, the world acknowledges them as belligerents, and the contest a war.
Page 244 - By the law of the land, is most clearly intended, the general law; a law, which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Page 459 - Those directions which are not of the essence of the thing to be done, but which are given with a view merely to the proper, orderly and prompt conduct of the business, and by the failure to obey which the rights of those interested will not be prejudiced, are not commonly to be regarded as mandatory...
Page 245 - ... were intended to secure the individual from the arbitrary exercise of the powers of government, unrestrained by the established principles of private rights and distributive justice.
Page 130 - SECTION 1. The legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives...
Page 666 - As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away : So he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. He shall return no more to his house, • Neither shall his place know him any more.
Page 697 - ... which they are intended to explain ; they must so harmonize with those facts as to form one transaction; there must be a transaction of which they are considered a part; they must be concomitant with the principal act, and so connected with it as to be regarded as the result and consequence of co-existing motives.
Page 228 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties, or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land.
Page 665 - BENEATH our feet and o'er our head, Is equal warning given ; Beneath us lie the countless dead, — Above us, is the heaven. 2 Death rides on every passing breeze, And lurks in every flower ; Each season has its own disease, Its peril — every hour.