(a) If it is made to appear to the court, at any time before the trial, that the allegation of poverty is probably untrue, or the cause of action frivolous or malicious, the action may be dismissed. (b) The burden shall be upon a pauper to justify the pauper's oath. Code 1858, § 3194 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 22, § 5); Shan., §4932; mod. Code 1932, § 9085; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1634; Acts 1995, ch. 242, § 5. (a) If it is made to appear to the court, at any time before the trial, that the allegation of poverty is probably untrue, or the cause of action frivolous or malicious, the action may be dismissed. (b) The burden shall be upon a pauper to justify the pauper's oath. Code 1858, § 3194 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 22, § 5); Shan., §4932; mod. Code 1932, § 9085; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1634; Acts 1995, ch. 242, § 5. (a) If it is made to appear to the court, at any time before the trial, that the allegation of poverty is probably untrue, or the cause of action frivolous or malicious, the action may be dismissed. (b) The burden shall be upon a pauper to justify the pauper's oath. Code 1858, § 3194 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 22, § 5); Shan., §4932; mod. Code 1932, § 9085; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1634; Acts 1995, ch. 242, § 5. (a) If it is made to appear to the court, at any time before the trial, that the allegation of poverty is probably untrue, or the cause of action frivolous or malicious, the action may be dismissed. (b) The burden shall be upon a pauper to justify the pauper's oath. Code 1858, § 3194 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 22, § 5); Shan., §4932; mod. Code 1932, § 9085; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1634; Acts 1995, ch. 242, § 5.
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