Burrell v. DICKSON TRANSFER COMPANY

It appears from recitals in the judgment of Judge Phillips that the hearing before Judge Sharp on Dickson Transfer Company’s demurrer ore tenus was held 31 May, 1955; that Judge Sharp then sustained said demurrer, albeit the formal order was not signed until 7 June, 1955; and that between these dates the judgment of voluntary nonsuit as to Burrell was entered. Whether Judge Sharp on 31 May, 1955, announced a positive ruling as distinguished from an intended ruling, the fact is that no order was signed until 7 June, 1955. Apart from that, had Judge Sharp on 31 May, 1955, signed a judgment…