Case Name: COULTER'S LESSEE vs. PURCELL
Court: Tennessee Superior Court of Law and Equity
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1809-09
Citations: 1 Overt. 479
Docket Number: 
Parties: COULTER’S LESSEE vs. PURCELL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tennessee Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 479–479

Head Matter:
COULTER’S LESSEE vs. PURCELL.
What must be shewn to authorise the reading a deposition taken de bene esse.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Where depositions are taken bene esse at law, before they can be read, the party offering them must prove the death or removal of the witness beyond the limits of the state, or in case of his residence, an incapacity to attend from indisposition; and in the last case, a subpœna taken out and put into the hands of the officer; or that he did all in his power to procure the testimony in court.