Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Volume 11Jones, Purvis, 1878 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 698 - That all courts shall be open, and every person, for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by the. due course of law, and right and justice administered without denial or delay.
Page 591 - That an act done for another, by a person not assuming to act for himself, but for such other person, though without any precedent authority whatever, becomes the act of the principal, if subsequently ratified by him, is the known and well-established rule of law.
Page 521 - ... shall not be alienated without the joint consent of husband and wife, when that relation exists; but no property shall be exempt from sale for taxes, or for the payment of obligations contracted for the purchase of said premises, or for the erection of improvements thereon...
Page 214 - That in actions by or against executors, administrators or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction with, or statement by, the testator, intestate, or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court.
Page 67 - ... from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing and signed by the party to be charged therewith...
Page 179 - ... therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be the consideration therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or...
Page 688 - Whatever belongs merely to the remedy may be altered according to the will of the State, provided the alteration does not impair the obligation of the contract. But if that effect is produced, it is immaterial whether it is done by acting on the remedy or directly on the contract itself. In either case it is prohibited by the constitution.
Page 605 - No person who may hereafter be a collector or holder of public moneys, shall have a seat in either house of the general assembly...
Page 694 - In fine, the law is applied by the one, and made by the other. To do the first, therefore, — to compare the claims of parties with the law of the land before established, — is in its nature a judicial act. But to do the last — to pass new rules for the regulation of new controversies — is in its nature a legislative act...
Page 533 - A particular church consists of a number of professing Christians, with their offspring, voluntarily associated together, for divine worship and godly living, ngreeably to the holy scriptures; and submitting to a certain form of government.