Tennessee § 24-2-102 - Penalty for failure to appear.
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§ 24-2-102. Penalty for failure to appear.
In default thereof, a witness forfeits to the party at whose insistence the subpoena issues, the sum of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125), to be recovered by scire facias; and is further liable to the action of the party for the full damages sustained for want of such witness' testimony. Code 1858, § 3821 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 29); Shan., § 5609; Code 1932, § 9791; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 24-208. Cross-References. Contempt of court, title 29, ch. 9. Failure to attend hearing on back assessment of property, § 67-1-1006(b) . Subpoena of witnesses, § 16-15-708 . Textbooks. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), Nos. 1-45.01-1, 1-45.06-1. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 25 Tenn. Juris., Witnesses, §§ 5, 6.
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