Tennessee § 29-30-209 - Failure to return goods under alternative judgment for defendant.
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§ 29-30-209. Failure to return goods under alternative judgment for defendant.
Where judgment has been rendered in the alternative, under § 29-30-208 , if the goods are not returned to the defendant, and the writ of fieri facias is returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part, the defendant may have an accordant final judgment over, by motion, without notice against plaintiff and plaintiff's sureties in the replevin bond, at the term of the court to which the fieri facias shall have been returned. The proceedings of the judgment final shall be a part of the record of the original cause. Acts 1885, ch. 59, § 1; Shan., § 5145; Code 1932, § 9300; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2320. Compiler's Notes. This section may be partially superseded by the 1973 amendment to § 29-30-201 and the enactment of part 1 of this chapter, which revised the law on recovery of personal property. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 21 Tenn. Juris., Recovery of Personal Property, §§ 18, 21; 22 Tenn. Juris., Replevy and Forthcoming Bonds, § 15. Law Reviews. Remedies Under the Tennessee Commercial Code (John A. Walker, Jr.), 30 Vand. L. Rev. 1197.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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