Burdine v. Kennon

Bnrdine, appellant here, filed in Davidson County Chancery his bill which was sworn to. It was assumed by the Chancellor in his disposition of the case that the character of the bill was such as to require Burdine-s personal oath. In so far as it concerns the single question of law raised upon this appeal, we assume (without deciding) that the nature of the bill required the personal oath of the complainant.

Previous to the filing of this bill Burdine had served a term in a Federal Penitentiary as a result of a conviction in a United States District Court in Kentucky of that federal statutory…