Tennessee Supreme Court December 15, 1856 (Clemmens v. Cato)

McKinnet, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

*292This suit was commenced by warrant before a justice of the peace. The justice gave judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed to the Circuit Court. Upon the removal of the case to the Circuit Court, Clemmens, the defendant below, filed a plea in abatement, the substance of which is that M. R.