Tennessee § 28-3-111 - Open accounts of merchants.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 28-3-111 — Open accounts of merchants., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 28-3-111. Open accounts of merchants.
The limitations provided in this chapter do not apply to such actions as concern the trade of merchandise between merchant and merchant, their agents and factors, while the accounts between them are current. Code 1858, § 2777 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 27, § 5); Shan., § 4474; Code 1932, § 8602; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 28-311. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 18 Tenn. Juris., Limitations of Actions, § 11.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 28-3-111 ("Open accounts of merchants.") 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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