Tennessee § 20-2-219 - Process under other laws not affected — Liberal construction.
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§ 20-2-219. Process under other laws not affected — Liberal construction.
Nothing contained in §§ 20-2-214 — 20-2-218 and this section shall limit or affect the service of process in any other manner now provided by law. Subsection (a) is in the nature of remedial legislation and it is the legislative intent that it be given a liberal construction. Acts 1965, ch. 67, § 6; T.C.A., § 20-240. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Constitutional Law, § 83. Law Reviews. A Survey of Civil Procedure in Tennessee — 1977, II. Selecting a Proper Forum, (John L. Sobieski, Jr.), 46 Tenn. L. Rev. 273. Civil Procedure — In Personam Jurisdiction — Act of Conception Provides Sufficient Contacts with Forum to Ground Long Arm Jurisdiction, 5 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 277. Cited: Hamilton Nat'l Bank v. Russell, 261 F. Supp. 145, 1966 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7539 (E.D. Tenn. 1966); Temco, Inc. v. General Screw Products, Inc., 261 F. Supp. 793, 1966 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7977 (M.D. Tenn. 1966); Kroger Co. v. Dornbos, 408 F.2d 813, 1969 U.S. App. LEXIS 13119 (6th Cir. Tenn. 1969); Third Nat'l Bank v. Hardi--Gardens Supply of Ill., Inc., 380 F. Supp. 930, 1974 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7626 (M.D. Tenn. 1974).
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Section 20-2-219 ("Process under other laws not affected — Liberal construction.") 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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