The execution or assignment of instruments offered in evidence by the defendant, when allowed by law, is equally conclusive as when introduced by plaintiff, unless denied under oath.
Code 1858, § 3779 (deriv. Acts 1819, ch. 27, § 4); Shan., § 5558; Code 1932, § 9728; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 24-507.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 166.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 17 Tenn. Juris., Justices of Peace and General Sessions Courts, § 27.