Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Atkins
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 1930PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Cheep Justice Green
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This suit was brought in Davidson County against the defendant, a resident of Montgomery County, and was dismissed below. The defendant was in Davidson County for the purpose of appearing as a defendant in a criminal prosecution when he was served with process in this civil suit. Pleadings were filed properly raising the question and the trial judge held that defendant was immune from the service of process in a civil case in Davidson County while in that county for the purpose indicated.
It is settled in Tennessee that a suitor,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- In re HendersonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1914
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