Case Name: M'ELWRATH vs. HACKET
Court: Tennessee Superior Court of Law and Equity
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1808-12
Citations: 1 Overt. 379
Docket Number: 
Parties: M'ELWRATH vs. HACKET.
Judges: Powel, j. Dubitatur.
Reporter: Tennessee Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 379–379

Head Matter:
M'ELWRATH vs. HACKET.
This case stood on the trial docket, upon a writ of enquiry. The enquiry was set aside by consent, with a view to admit a plea to the merits.
Whether oyer be demandable after writ of enquiry set aside by consent.
Haywood for the defendant,
stated, that he could not plead without a sight of the bond upon which the action was brought ; oyer, if the court conceived it, ought to be given.

Opinion:
Overton, j.
The writ of enquiry having been set aside by consent, the defendant is entitled to oyer.
Powel, j. Dubitatur.