Tennessee Supreme Court September 15, 1870 (Stuart v. McCuistion)

Nelson, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

It has been, repeatedly and through a long series of • years, announced by this Court, that the statutes which authorize judgments by motion, are in derogation of the common law, and should be construed strictly, and that all the facts necessary to give the Court jurisdiction, should be set forth in the judgment.