Case Name: ROBERTSON vs. CANNON
Court: Tennessee Superior Court of Law and Equity
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1807-11
Citations: 1 Overt. 262
Docket Number: 
Parties: ROBERTSON vs. CANNON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tennessee Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 262–263

Head Matter:
ROBERTSON vs. CANNON.
On the first day of the term Marr moved for judgment by default, as no plea had been put in.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Powell, J. Overton, J. Contra Campbell, J. The motion is improper at this time. At the last term three months were allowed the defendant to put in his plea-this has not been done, but we cannot entertain the motion, until the cause is called in course, when a judgment by default may be entered as of last term, and a writ of enquiry executed immediately, thereby putting the plaintiff in as good a situation as if the pleadings had been made up.
See Tidds Pr. K. B. 135 6 Dab. Ed 1796.