Tennessee Statutes
§ 20-12-138 — Notice of motion against successful party
Tennessee § 20-12-138
JurisdictionTennessee
Title20
This text of Tennessee § 20-12-138 (Notice of motion against successful party) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Tennessee primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-12-138 (2026).
Text
In all civil cases, when motions are made against the successful party for costs accrued at the successful party's instance, and that cannot be collected from the other party, five (5) days' written notice of the time and place, and the court before which the motion is to be made, shall be given to the defendant in the motion.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Legislative History
Acts 1879, ch. 113, § 1; Shan., § 4946; mod. Code 1932, § 9099; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1640.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 20-1-102
Indemnification of nominal plaintiff§ 20-1-103
Action on bond§ 20-1-104
Deserted wife as party§ 20-1-107
Several liability on joint obligations§ 20-1-109
Action in name used in instrument§ 20-1-112
Defenses of executors sued separately§ 20-1-113
Separate judgments against executors§ 20-1-114
Addition of parties§ 20-1-115
Intervention in property action§ 20-1-117
Substitution for levying officerCite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 20-12-138, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/20-12-138.