Tennessee Statutes
§ 20-1-118 — Default judgment against levying officer
Tennessee·Title 20
Upon written notice from the levying officer being served upon the party at whose instance the process issued, stating the nature of the suit, the court in which it is pending, and demanding that the party come into court and be substituted in the place of the officer, and stating the day upon which the application for substitution shall be made, if the party does not appear and become substituted in the officer's place, the officer may permit judgment to go by default against the officer or make defense.
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Legislative History
Acts 1859-1860, ch. 104, § 2; Shan., § 4499; mod. Code 1932, §8626; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-119.
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