Legal Opinion
Yox v. Durgan
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided May 9, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 893PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
NEESE, District Judge.
This presents an intriguing problem concerning the sufficiency of service of substituted process on the defendant under Tennessee statutes, T.C.A. §§ 20-224, 20-226, 20-227. The plaintiffs have moved for a judgment against the defendant by default, Rules 55(a), (b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the specially-appearing defendant has moved for a dismissal of the complaint for alleged insufficiency of the service of process, Rule 12(b) (5), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
This is a diversity action, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (1), for personal injuries…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hess v. PawloskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Wuchter v. PizzuttiSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Wise v. HerzogCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Ellis v. Georgia Marble Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1950
- Tabor v. Mason Dixon Lines, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1953
3Cited by9 opinions
- Westmoreland v. Valley Homes Mutual Housing Corp.Ohio Supreme Court · 1975
- Wood v. Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce, Inc.District Court, D. Nevada · 1980
- Jones v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1978
- Shires v. Magnavox Co.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1977
- Cox v. Rueff Lighting Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1979
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