Opinion · Tennessee Supreme Court
Hurst v. Selvidge
Hurst v. Selvidge, 1 Thompson 17 (Tenn. 1847)
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- Tennessee Supreme Court
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- Tennessee
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- 1847-09-15
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- general
By the COURT: After the continuance of the cause no rules or proceedings could be had in it until the succeeding term.* Judgment reversed, and cause remanded. A general continuance of all causes at the end of the Term -will prevent a discontinuance, without an entry of continuance in each particular case. Peck, J., in Johnson v. Ditty, 7 Yerg. 85-87. But see King of Spain v.
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After the continuance of the cause no rules or proceedings could be had in it until the succeeding term.*
Judgment reversed, and cause remanded.
A general continuance of all causes at the end of the Term -will prevent a discontinuance, without an entry of continuance in each particular case. Peck, J., in Johnson v. Ditty, 7 Yerg. 85-87. But see King of Spain v. Oliver, Pet. C. C. 217, where it was held that the continuance of a cause by consent does not discharge a rule for trial or non pros.