36 Tenn. 105 | Tenn. | 1856
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This was a successful proceeding for a divorce and alimony, in a Court of Chancery. The bill was filed without security for costs, under the pauper law. A motion to dismiss it on that ground, was overruled, and to that exception was taken. The only question made is upon that point.
It is expressly required by the act of 1831, ch. 20,
The Chancellor, then, did not err in holding that the act of 1821 applied to cases of this kind.
The decree will be affirmed in all things.