Process on Sunday Generally Prohibited

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With the exceptions contained in §§20-2-104 and20-2-105, civil process shall not be executed on Sunday.

Code 1858, § 2827 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8, § 6); Acts 1885, ch. 53, § 1; Shan., § 4533; Code 1932, § 8660; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-209.

Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 126.

Cited: Moss v. State, 131 Tenn. 94, 173 S.W. 859, 1914 Tenn. LEXIS 90, L.R.A. (n.s.) 1915D361 (1914).


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