Chambers v. Brown

Tennessee Supreme Court
Chambers v. Brown, 3 Tenn. 292 (Tenn. 1813)
WRite

Chambers v. Brown

Opinion of the Court

WRite, J.

delivered the following opinion of the Court. The bill of exceptions does not show what evidence was given on the trial. We must presume the proof .given fully justified the verdict, as there is no intimation to the contrary. The sole complaint on this point is that a new trial was not granted on the affidavit of the party.

From what appeared at the trial the Circuit Court may have had good reasons to believe the statement in the affidavit was not true; if they did so believe, it was right to refuse the new trial.

*223 Goohe, for the appellant. Hayes and Dickinson, for the appellee.

Again, — no reason is assigned in the affidavit why it was not accompanied by the affidavits of the newly discovered witnesses themselves. Their affidavits ought to have been produced, or at least some good reason assigned why they were not. This Court ought not to reverse the judgment of the Circuit Court on a question like the present, unless it can be seen very clearly that injustice has been done.

As to the second error assigned, viz. that no issue was joined. The record says there was a replication and issue. It is true, the replication does not appear at length in the record; but, if the record shows a part of the pleadings did exist which do not now appear at length, it would seem hard to reverse a judgment for that defect. And if there is any error here it is the error of the appellant, and not of the Court.

Reference

Full Case Name
Moses Chambers v. Ruffin Brown. Appeal.
Status
Published