Case Name: Allen Hurst v. James Selvidge
Court: Tennessee Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1847-09
Citations: 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 17
Docket Number: 
Parties: Allen Hurst v. James Selvidge.
Judges: Nathan Green, William B. Reese, William B. Turley, Judges.
Reporter: Unreported Tennessee Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 17–18

Head Matter:
KNOXVILLE,
SEPTEMBER TERM, 1847.
Nathan Green, William B. Reese, William B. Turley, Judges.
Allen Hurst v. James Selvidge.
PRACTICE AT LAW.— Continuance.
After a continuance has "been entered in a cause, no proceedings can be had in it until the term, to which it is continued.
In this case in the Circuit Court of Grainger, May Term, 1846, a motion iras made by the defendant for a judgment of non pros for want of replication. At the •January Term, 1847, the defendant amended his plea. At the September Term, 1847, on Saturday, the 28th of August, a general continuance of all cases on the Civil Docket not litigated, was entered. On the succeeding Saturday the defendant renewed his motion for a non pros, upon which the Court entered up a judgment of dismissal against the plaintiff, from which he appealed in error to this Court.

Opinion:
By the COURT:
After the continuance of the cause no rules or proceedings could be had in it until the succeeding term.
Judgment reversed, and cause remanded.
A general continuance of all causes at the end of the Term -will prevent a discontinuance, without an entry of continuance in each particular case. Peck, J., in Johnson v. Ditty, 7 Yerg. 85-87. But see King of Spain v. Oliver, Pet. C. C. 217, where it was held that the continuance of a cause by consent does not discharge a rule for trial or non pros.