Legal Opinion
Vason v. Nickey
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided December 31, 1968No. Civ. No. 68-219PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT M. McRAE, Jr., District Judge.
In this case the defendants have filed a Motion to Dismiss based upon a defense of the statute of limitations which is one year for personal injury in Tennessee. 28 T.C.A. § 304.
The plaintiff sues for damages for injuries alleged to have been incurred on May 14, 1966. On May 12, 1967, suit was filed in this District Court upon the jurisdictional grounds of diversity of citizenship. The plaintiff alleged that he was a citizen of California and that the defendants were citizens of Tennessee at the time of the filing.
Pursuant to local rules, which…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Smith v. McNealSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Burns v. Peoples Telephone & Telegraph Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1930
- Green v. PrinceCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1964
3Cited by2 opinions
- Vason v. NickeyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
- Vason v. NickeyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971