§ 20-1-116. Substitution of Defendant in Property Action
At any time before defense made, the defendant may apply to the court to substitute in the defendant’s place any person not already a party, who claims the money or property in suit, by filing an affidavit, stating the facts on which the person founds the application, showing that the right in the subject matter […]
§ 20-1-117. Substitution for Levying Officer
Where property is levied upon under any process of law by an officer and taken into possession, and an action is brought against the officer for the recovery of the property or for damages, any person at whose instance the process issued may be permitted to come into court at any time before the cause […]
§ 20-1-118. Default Judgment Against Levying Officer
Upon written notice from the levying officer being served upon the party at whose instance the process issued, stating the nature of the suit, the court in which it is pending, and demanding that the party come into court and be substituted in the place of the officer, and stating the day upon which the […]
§ 20-1-119. Comparative Fault — Joinder of Third Party Defendants
In civil actions where comparative fault is or becomes an issue, if a defendant named in an original complaint initiating a suit filed within the applicable statute of limitations, or named in an amended complaint filed within the applicable statute of limitations, alleges in an answer or amended answer to the original or amended complaint […]
§ 20-2-101. Summons From General Sessions Court
The summons from a court of general sessions shall be substantially the same as the summons from a court of record, but requiring the defendant to appear before the judge on a day fixed, or generally. If no time or place is designated, the officer serving the process shall notify the defendant of the time […]
§ 20-2-102. Security for Costs and Damages
The general sessions judge may, and the clerk shall, before issuing the summons or other leading process, require the plaintiff to enter into bond, with sufficient surety, conditioned to prosecute the plaintiff’s suit with effect, or to pay such costs and damages as may be awarded against the plaintiff by the court having cognizance thereof, […]
§ 20-1-110. Failure of Recovery Against Joint Defendants
In all actions on contracts, a dismissal of suit as to one (1) or more of those jointly sued, or failure to recover as to one (1), shall not prevent a recovery against those defendants who may be liable. Code 1858, § 2790 (deriv. Acts 1820, ch. 25, § 2); Shan., § 4487; Code 1932, […]
§ 20-1-111. Maintaining Action After Executor or Administrator Removes From Jurisdiction
Where one (1) of several executors or administrators removes out of the state, actions may be prosecuted and judgments rendered against such as remain, in the same manner as if all were sued. If the cause of action is within the jurisdiction of a judge of the court of general sessions, it may be prosecuted […]
§ 20-1-102. Indemnification of Nominal Plaintiff
The person whose name is used in the prosecution of a suit may, at any time during the progress of the cause, require the party for whose benefit the action is brought to give bond, with good security, to indemnify the person whose name is used in the prosecution of the suit against all damages […]
§ 20-1-103. Action on Bond
For any breach of an official bond or undertaking of any officer, executor, administrator or guardian, or of any bond or undertaking required to be given by law for the security of the public generally or of particular individuals, the party aggrieved may, without assignment, bring suit on the breach for the aggrieved party’s use, […]