Case Name: STEWART'S LESSEE, vs. AUSTIN
Court: Tennessee Superior Court of Law and Equity
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1805
Citations: 1 Overt. 186
Docket Number: 
Parties: STEWART’S LESSEE, vs. AUSTIN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tennessee Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 186–186

Head Matter:
STEWART’S LESSEE, vs. AUSTIN.
A mis-trial after two continuances have been granted the defendant, places him in no better situation on an application for a third continuance.

Opinion:
Upon an affidavit by the defendant to continue the cause, it appeared, that a mistrial had taken place at the last court. It was insisted, that by the defendant's coming to trial at the last term, it shewed his willingness to have a determination, and excludes the idea of evasion in this application. Though there were two continuances by the defendant before the mis-trial, the defendant ought to stand in the same situation, as if this were the first application. The mis-trial merged all antecedent continuances. By the court this must be considered as an application for a third continuance.