Case Name: BAILY vs. WALLEN
Court: Tennessee Superior Court of Law and Equity
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1806
Citations: 1 Overt. 198
Docket Number: 
Parties: BAILY vs. WALLEN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tennessee Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 198–198

Head Matter:
BAILY vs. WALLEN.
Debt. Plea, payment.
Debt on bond, plea, payment, the plaintiff need not produce the bond on the trial.
Trimble for the plaintiff,
did not produce the bond upon trial. The jury found a verdict for the defendant, in consequence of there being no bond produced, and on returning, they asked the advice of the court, if they were authorised so to do.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The plea admits the debt, so that it was unnecessary to produce the bond; upon which they returned, and brought in a verdict for the plaintiff.