Service on Joint Obligor on Negotiable Paper

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In joint actions on negotiable paper, service of a counterpart writ on the drawer or maker shall not be sufficient service to hold the drawer or maker to answer the action, unless the original writ was executed on a joint drawer or maker.

Code 1858, § 2823 (deriv. Acts 1827, ch. 74, § 2); Shan., § 4528; Code 1932, § 8655; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-212.

Cross-References. Several liability on joint obligations, §§20-1-107,47-3-414.

Summons and issuance thereof, Tenn. R. Civil P. 4.01.

Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 121, 127.


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