Legal Opinion
Benham v. Fisher
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 24, 1983PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANKS, Judge.
This action was originated in the Chancery Court of Knox County by the plaintiff filing a petition to register a foreign judgment in the amount of $660.75 with interest against the defendant, pursuant to The Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, T.C.A., § 26-6-101, et seq.
The defendant responded by asserting there was no personal jurisdiction over the defendant in the Colorado court which had rendered the original judgment.
The chancellor, upon an evidentiary hearing, agreed with the defendant and refused to enforce the foreign judgment.
The issues on appeal, as framed by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Milwaukee County v. M. E. White Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Taggart v. Wachter, Hoskins & Russel, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1941
- Leonard v. GilreathCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
- Keehn v. Hi-Grade Coal & Fuel Co.New York County Court, Essex County · 1945
- Keehn v. StapletonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1946
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Biogen Distributors, Inc. v. TannerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1992
- Four Seasons Gardening & Landscaping, Inc. v. CrouchCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1984
- Hart v. TourteCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
- Coastcom, Inc. v. CruzenCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
- First State Bank of Holly Springs v. WyssbrodCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2003
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