Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. Terminal Transport Company
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided September 30, 1957No. Civ. 376, 377PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DARR, Chief Judge.
The third-party defendants have filed a motion to vacate the order of the Court permitting the filing of a third-party action against them. The reasons advanced in support of this motion are diverse, and will be divided, in this discussion, into three parts: (1) The contention that the statute of limitations has run. (2) The contentions that there is no jurisdiction or the venue is improper. (3) The contention that Tennessee law does not permit such a procedure to be followed.
Had the principal suit not been filed before May 24, 1957, the statute of limitations would have run…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Cohen v. NoelTennessee Supreme Court · 1933
- Davis v. Broad Street GarageTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
- American Cas. Co. v. BillingsleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1953
3Cited by13 opinions
- Valley Circle Estates v. VTN Consolidated, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1983
- Home Insurance Company v. Stuart-McCorkle, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1973
- Velsicol Chemical Corp. v. Chattanooga Coke & Chemicals Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1976
- Huggins v. GravesDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1962
- Vason v. NickeyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
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