2020 Tennessee Code
Title 28 - Limitation of Actions
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 28-1-112. Application of Foreign Statutes
Where the statute of limitations of another state or government has created a bar to an action upon a cause accruing therein, while the party to be charged was a resident in such state or such government, the bar is equally effectual in this state.
Code 1858, § 2783; Shan., § 4480; Code 1932, § 8607; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 28-114.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 4 Tenn. Juris., Automobiles, § 36; 6 Tenn. Juris., Conflict of Laws, Domicile and Residence, § 35.
Law Reviews.
A Review of Tennessee Conflicts of Law: Statute of Limitation, Statute of Frauds, Forum Non Conveniems, Torts (Robert L. Denkelspiel), 6 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 37.
Business Associations — 1961 Tennessee Survey (Kenneth L. Roberts), 14 Vand. L. Rev. 1141.
Choice-of-Law Statutes (Robert A. Leflar), 44 Tenn. L. Rev. 951.
Civil Procedure — Maestas v. Sofamor Danek Group, Inc.: The Tennessee Supreme Court's Rejection of the Doctrine of Cross-Jurisdictional Tolling, 32 U. Mem. L. Rev. 521 (2002).
Conflict of Laws — Limitation of Actions — Lex Loci or Lex Fori, 23 Tenn. L. Rev. 1038.
Conflict of Laws — 1957 Tennessee Survey (John H. Wade), 10 Vand. L. Rev. 995.
Statute of Limitations and Radiation Injury, 23 Tenn. L. Rev. 278.
Uniform Statute of Limitation on Foreign Claims Act: Tolling Problems (David H. Vernon), 12 Vand. L. Rev. 971.
