Tennessee § 20-2-208 - Actions against steamboat owners.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 20-2-208 — Actions against steamboat owners., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 20-2-208. Actions against steamboat owners.
All persons, resident and nonresident of this state, running and operating steamboats in any of the rivers in or bordering on this state as common carriers, may be sued in law or equity in any county where the boat or boats of such person lands, for any cause of action or suit growing out of or connected with the business carried on or done by or in connection with the running and use of the boat or boats. Service of process on any captain or clerk of any boat of such person, whether it is the particular boat complained of or immediately connected with the transaction out of which the cause of suit or action originates or not, shall be sufficient to bring such person into court. Acts 1881, ch. 66, § 1; Shan., §§ 4547, 4548; mod. Code 1932, §§ 8680, 8681; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-229. Law Reviews. Constitutional Law — Service of Process Upon Unincorporated Nonresident Defendant, 22 Tenn. L. Rev. 1057. The Future of General Jurisdiction in Tennessee, 27 U. Mem. L. Rev. 559 (1997). Cited: American Federation of Musicians v. Stein, 213 F.2d 679, 1954 U.S. App. LEXIS 3801 (6th Cir. Tenn. 1954).
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 20-2-208 ("Actions against steamboat owners.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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