Amendment. CHAPTER 131. [HOUSE BILL NO. 701.] AN ACT to amend an act passed April 24, 1895, approved April 29, 1895, being Chapter 76 of the Acts of 1895, entitled "An act to establish a Court of Chancery Appeals, to define its jurisdiction and powers to regulate the appointment and election and fix the salaries of the judges thereof; to prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of the clerks and marshals thereof, and to limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in regard thereto." Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Section 11 of the Act mentioned in the caption hereof, being Chapter 76 of the Acts of 1895 (regular session), be and is hereby so amended that hereafter no writ of error or appeal in the nature of a writ of error, shall be taken to the supreme court from any decree of the court of chancery appeals after the expiration of ten days from the decree of the court of chancery appeals. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect on the first day of January, 1898. Amendment. CHAPTER 132. [HOUSE BILL NO. 105.] AN ACT to amend Section 2136 Chapter 5 of the Code of Tennessee (1858) relating to the redemption of land sold for debt. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Section 2136, Chapter 5 of the Code of Tennessee (1858) relating to the redemption of land sold for debt, be and the same is hereby amended so as to insert after the words "to the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the land lies," the words, "or in case the land is sold by the judgment or decree of a court, then to the clerk of the. court from which the same is sold.” Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed March 17, 1897. MORGAN C. FITZPATRICK, AN ACT to enable personal representatives of the estates of deceased persons to prosecute suits in favor of estates represented by them upon the pauper oath. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That any personal representative of the estate of any deceased person in this State, may commence and prosecute any action, in favor of the estate represented by him, in any of the courts of this State, without giving bond and security for costs, by taking and subscribing an oath that he, as such personal representative, has no property, belonging to the estate of the déceased, out of which to bear the expenses of said action, and that he verily believes that the estate, for the benefit of which the action is brought, is justly entitled to the redress sought; and in such case the personal representative shall not incur any personal liability on account of such action, unless the court trying the same should be of opinion and adjudge that the action was frivolous or malicious. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed February 9, 1897. MORGAN C. FITZPATRICK, Personal repdeceased per ecute action. resentative of son may pros_ JOHN THOMPSON, Speaker of the Senate. Approved February 10, 1897. ROBT. L. TAYLOR, Governor. OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE PASSED BY THE Fiftieth General Assembly. 1897. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. NASHVILLE, TENN.: FRANC. M. PAUL, PRINTER TO THE STATE. 1897. |