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· 9/12/1980

Tennessee State Bank v. Lay

Citations

  • 609 S.W.2d 525
  • 1980 Tenn. App. LEXIS 388

How courts have described this case

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

  • requiring the movant to explain why it “was justified in failing to avoid the mistake, inadvertence, surprise or neglect” that led to the delay
  • reversing the denial of a Rule 60.02(1) motion where the defendant supported the claim that she did not receive service of process with her own affidavit and the affidavit of a third party that she was out of the state at the time service was certified as accomplished

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Judges: Franks, Sanders, Goddard

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