2020 Tennessee Code
Title 20 - Civil Procedure
Chapter 1 - Parties to Actions
§ 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 and costs.
Code 1858, § 2796; Shan., § 4493; Code 1932, § 8620; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-102.
Cross-References. Actions by commissioner of institutions on behalf of penitentiary, §41-1-112.
Costs against real plaintiff, §20-12-109.
Joinder of lienors in suit against boat, §66-19-203.
Joinder of plaintiffs in suit to enforce mechanics' lien, §66-11-131.
Party acting as own attorney, §23-1-109.
Real party in interest, Tenn. R. Civ. P. 17.01.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 3 Tenn. Juris., Assignments, § 53; 4 Tenn. Juris., Bankruptcy, § 27; 10 Tenn. Juris., Drains and Sewers, § 12; 20 Tenn. Juris., Parties, §§ 1, 4.
Law Reviews.
Parties and Claims, 4 Mem. St. U. L. Rev. 280.
Comparative Legislation. Parties to actions:
Ala. Code §6-7-1 et seq.
Ark. Code §16-61-101 et seq.
Ga. O.C.G.A. §9-11-17 et seq.
Ky. R. C. P. 17 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. §11-7-1 et seq.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 507.010 et seq.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1A-1, Rule 17 et seq.
Va. Code § 8.01-5 et seq.
Cited: Bloch v. Busch, 160 Tenn. 21, 22 S.W.2d 242, 1929 Tenn. LEXIS 71 (1929).
