Tennessee § 66-23-112 - Liability of witness for failure to attend.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 66-23-112 — Liability of witness for failure to attend., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 66-23-112. Liability of witness for failure to attend.
Should any witness, summoned as provided in § 66-23-108 , fail or refuse to attend, that witness shall be subject to an action on the case for damages at the suit of the party by whom the witness was summoned. Code 1858, § 2064 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 92, § 10); Shan., § 3741; Code 1932, § 7656; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2312.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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