Tennessee § 20-1-109 - Action in name used in instrument.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 20-1-109 — Action in name used in instrument., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 20-1-109. Action in name used in instrument.
Suit may be brought by or against any of the parties to a written instrument on which the action is founded, by the name and description used in the instrument. Code 1858, § 2788; Shan., § 4485; Code 1932, § 8612; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-110. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 116. Cited: Martin Furniture Co. v. Massey, 135 Tenn. 338, 186 S.W. 451, 1916 Tenn. LEXIS 30 (1916).
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