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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 16 - Courts
Chapter 15 - Courts of General Sessions
Part 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 16-15-726. Remittitur
Universal Citation: TN Code § 16-15-726 (2020)
If the sum found for either plaintiff or defendant exceeds the jurisdiction of the general sessions court, that party may remit the excess, and take judgment for the residue, but the party cannot afterwards sue for the amount so remitted.
Code 1858, § 4161; Shan., § 5974; Code 1932, § 10175; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 19-418; Acts 1993, ch. 241, § 42; T.C.A., §19-1-114.
Cross-References. Additur, §20-10-101.
Remittitur, §§20-10-102,20-10-103.
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