Legal Opinion
Poteete v. Olive
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 2, 1975PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROCK, Justice.
This is an action for damages against the plaintiff’s bail and the bail’s agents for false imprisonment and assault and battery. The issues to be resolved are (1) whether the failure of a bondsman’s agents to carry a certified copy of the undertaking endorsed by the bondsman as specified in T.C.A. § 40-1227 and to exhibit it to the principal when arresting him renders the arrest unlawful, and (2) whether the bondsman has authority to arrest the principal after a conditional forfeiture of the bond has been entered by the court.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Taylor v. TaintorSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Livingston v. BrowderCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1973
- State v. FrankgosTennessee Supreme Court · 1904
- Gray v. StricklandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Shine v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Austin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Watkins v. City of MobileCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
- Rock v. East Tennessee Bonding Co.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1978