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· 8/22/1997

Paehler v. Union Planters National Bank, Inc.

Citations

  • 971 S.W.2d 393
  • 1997 Tenn. App. LEXIS 564

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that parties who proceed pro se “are not excused from complying with applicable substantive and procedural law . . .”
  • recognizing that this Court has the discretion to suspend or relax some of the rules of appellate procedure for good cause in order to afford parties a hearing on the merits
  • deciding the appeal on the merits despite acknowledging that the appellant failed to comply with Rule 27
  • deciding the appeal on the merits despite acknowledging that the appellant failed to comply with Rule 27
  • deciding the appeal on the merits despite acknowledging that the appellant failed to comply with Rule 27
  • “Parties who ch oose to represent themse lves . . . are not excused from comp lying with app licable substantive and procedural law. . . .”

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Judges: Crawford, Western, Farmer, Lillard

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