2010 Tennessee Code
Title 24 - Evidence And Witnesses
Chapter 8 - Lost Evidence
24-8-109 - Lost records.

24-8-109. Lost records.

Any record, proceeding, or paper filed in an action, either at law or equity, if lost or mislaid unintentionally, or fraudulently made away with, may be supplied, upon application, under the orders of the court, by the best evidence of which the nature of the case will admit.

[Code 1858, § 3907 (deriv. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 116, § 1); Shan., § 5701; Code 1932, § 9887; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 24-809.]  

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