Tennessee § 29-6-113 - Plaintiff's affidavit.
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§ 29-6-113. Plaintiff's affidavit.
In order to obtain an attachment, the plaintiff, plaintiff's agent or attorney, shall make oath in writing, stating the nature and amount of the debt or demand, and that it is a just claim; or, if the action is for a tort, that the damages sued for are justly due the plaintiff or plaintiffs, as affiant believes, but that the true amount of such damages is not ascertained; and, also, that one (1) or more of the causes enumerated in § 29-6-101 exists. Code 1858, § 3469 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 19; 1837-1838, ch. 166, § 3); Acts 1865-1866, ch. 22, § 1; integrated in Shan., § 5229; Code 1932, § 9416; T.C.A (orig. ed.), § 23-613. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 119, 329, 407, 418. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 3 Tenn. Juris., Attachment and Garnishment, §§ 5, 26, 28, 70, 98, 111. Law Reviews. Commencing an Action by Garnishment, 23 Tenn. L. Rev. 211. Constitutional Law — Pinsky v. Duncan: Due Process and the Death of a Prejudgment Attachment Statute, 21 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 413 (1991). Recent Developments in Tennessee and Federal Procedure (Donald F. Paine), 36 Tenn. L. Rev. 276. Cited: Smith v. Chris-More, Inc., 535 S.W.2d 863, 1976 Tenn. LEXIS 589 (Tenn. 1976); Citizens & S. Nat'l Bank v. Auer, 514 F. Supp. 631, 1977 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15593 (E.D. Tenn. 1977).
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Section 29-6-113 ("Plaintiff's affidavit.") 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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