Tennessee Supreme Court March 15, 1833 (Ex parte Williams)

Catron, Ch. J.

This cause, by consent of the petitioners and N. W. Williams, who caused himself to be made defendant, was transferred for trial from the Smith circuit court to the Wilson circuit court. The latter had no jurisdiction of the subject matter of establishing a public road in Smith county, unless conferred upon it by the transfer of the cause.

The acts of 1809, ch. 49, 1811, ch.