Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee [1818-1837], Svazek 9Hall and Heiskell, 1836 |
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Strana 11
... condition ought to have been to pay the taxes on or before the 1st of the preceding December : Held , that the condition of the bond was valid , and authorized a judgment on motion against the sheriff and his sureties . Although the ...
... condition ought to have been to pay the taxes on or before the 1st of the preceding December : Held , that the condition of the bond was valid , and authorized a judgment on motion against the sheriff and his sureties . Although the ...
Strana 12
... condition of this bond , and that required by statute , is wholly different ; and not being taken conformably to the statute , no motion will be upon it , as has often been deter- mined by this court . Vide 4 Yerger's Rep . , Sumner vs ...
... condition of this bond , and that required by statute , is wholly different ; and not being taken conformably to the statute , no motion will be upon it , as has often been deter- mined by this court . Vide 4 Yerger's Rep . , Sumner vs ...
Strana 13
... condition , the word " West " was omitted by mistake ; add this word and the condition is sensible - it will then make the taxes payable to the " treasurer of the district of West Tennessee . " In construing the condition of a bond , if ...
... condition , the word " West " was omitted by mistake ; add this word and the condition is sensible - it will then make the taxes payable to the " treasurer of the district of West Tennessee . " In construing the condition of a bond , if ...
Strana 14
... condition might not be so extensive , as the act of assembly authorized , it was nevertheless good , as far as an obligation was created , and that to that extent a judgment might be rendered . The principle of these cases applies here ...
... condition might not be so extensive , as the act of assembly authorized , it was nevertheless good , as far as an obligation was created , and that to that extent a judgment might be rendered . The principle of these cases applies here ...
Strana 15
... condition , that various sums expressed in pounds , were agreed to be paid , and hence it was apparent , that the parties intended to express the penalty also in pounds , and therefore the court said , that in fur- therance of the ...
... condition , that various sums expressed in pounds , were agreed to be paid , and hence it was apparent , that the parties intended to express the penalty also in pounds , and therefore the court said , that in fur- therance of the ...
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acquitted action Agnes Brown assigned assumpsit attorney averment bank note bill of indictment bonds bonus certiorari chancery charter circuit court clerk and master common law complainant contended contract conveyance court of chancery covenant creditor Davidson county debt December declaration decree deed defendant in error delivered the opinion dollars endorser evidence execution executor fact felony fund Giles county guilty heirs Hickman Hite intention interest issue John judge juror justice KNOXVILLE land legislature liable limitation March matter ment NASHVILLE negroes nul tiel record offence paid parties payable payment person plaintiff in error plea pleaded possession principle prisoner probate proof proved purchase question received rendered Rucker rule scire facias service of process seventh section sheriff statute statute of limitations suit surety tenant Tennessee term testator tiel tion trial trust Union Bank verdict vested voir dire warranty Wilson county witness words Yerg Yerger
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Strana 216 - ... except where such trust has been created by, or the fund so held in trust has proceeded from, some person other than the defendant...
Strana 206 - Biddulph lawfully to be begotten, severally and successively, and in remainder one after another, as they and every of them shall be in seniority of age and priority of birth...
Strana 446 - All property shall be taxed according to its value, that value to be ascertained in such manner as the Legislature shall direct, so that taxes shall be equal and uniform throughout the State.
Strana 248 - ... the jury, before whom any person indicted for murder shall be tried, shall, if they find such person guilty thereof, ascertain in their verdict whether it be murder of the first or second degree...
Strana 340 - ... if crimes are so distinct that evidence of the one will not support the other, it is as inconsistent with reason as it is repugnant to the rules of law to say that they are so far the same that an acquittal of the one shall be a bar to a prosecution for the...
Strana 106 - Where the terms of promise admit of more senses than one, the promise is to be performed " in that sense in which the promiser apprehended, at the time, that the promisee received it.
Strana 208 - That the general intent should overrule the particular, is not the most accurate expression of the principle of decision. The rule is, that technical words shall have their legal effect, unless, from subsequent inconsistent words, it is very clear that the testator meant otherwise.
Strana 199 - When a person takes an estate of freehold, legally or equitably, under a deed, will, or other writing, and in the same instrument there is a limitation by way of remainder, either with or without the interposition of another estate, of an interest of the same legal or equitable quality, to his heirs, or heirs of his body, as a class of persons to take in succession, from generation to generation, the limitation to the heirs entitles the ancestor to the whole estate.
Strana 199 - Rule in Shelley's Case is stated by Lord Coke (1 ^Coke 93)3, 1O4b, 76 Eng. Reprint 206, 234) to be that "When the ancestor, by any gift or conveyance taketh an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately to his heirs In fee or in tail .... the heirs are words of limitation of the estate and not words of purchase", and by Preston on Estates (Vol.
Strana 313 - ... that he had not formed or expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner at the bar.