2020 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings
Chapter 6 - Attachment and Replevy
§ 29-6-124. Correction of Defects
The attachment law shall be liberally construed, and the plaintiff, before or during trial, shall be permitted to amend any defect of form in the affidavit, bond, attachment, or other proceedings; and no attachment shall be dismissed for any defect in, or want of, bond, if the plaintiff, plaintiff's agent, or attorney will substitute a sufficient bond.
Code 1858, § 3477; Shan., § 5237; Code 1932, § 9427; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-624.
Cross-References. Amended and supplemental pleadings, Tenn. R. Civ. P. 15.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 331, 335.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 3 Tenn. Juris., Attachment and Garnishment, §§ 3, 30-34, 36, 70, 138.
Cited: Arledge v. White, 38 Tenn. 241, 1858 Tenn. LEXIS 163 (Tenn. Dec. 1858); Hart, Teneray & Co. v. N.T. Dixon & Bro., 73 Tenn. 336, 1880 Tenn. LEXIS 133 (1880); Smyth v. Moffett, 6 Tenn. App. 381, 1927 Tenn. App. LEXIS 158 (1927); First Nat'l Bank v. Prairie Corp., 547 F. Supp. 14, 1982 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14720 (E.D. Tenn. 1982); Durkan Patterned Carpet, Inc. v. Premier Hotel Dev. Group (In re Premier Hotel Dev. Group), 270 B.R. 234, 2001 Bankr. LEXIS 1576 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2001).
