Legal Opinion
Tennessee Department of Human Services v. Barbee
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 1986PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DROWOTA, Justice.
The sole issue before us involves the use, application, and procedures to be used with Rule 36, T.R.C.P., “Requests for Admission.”
A brief history of this protracted litigation is deemed necessary. On October 27, 1977, the Tennessee Department of Human Services, as an assignee of Yvonne Coleman, filed a petition to establish paternity against the Defendant, J.B. Barbee. The petition avers that the Defendant is the natural father of Cedric Jerome Coleman, born February 19, 1970.
On September 14, 1978, requests for admission of facts by Defendant were filed by Plaintiff in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Tennessee Department of Human Services v. BarbeeTennessee Supreme Court · 1985
- Scarbrough v. City of LewisburgCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
- Cook v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1937
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