Transfer After Attachment

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Any transfer, sale, or assignment, made after the filing of an attachment bill in chancery, or after the suing out of an attachment at law, of property mentioned in the bill or attachment, as against the plaintiff, shall be inoperative and voidable, as elsewhere provided.

Code 1858, § 3507 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 43, § 9); Shan., § 5267; mod. Code 1932, § 9458; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-635.

Cross-References. Filing abstract of proceedings in county other than in which attachment is filed or issued, §§25-5-107,25-5-108,25-5-109.

Lis pendens, title 20, ch. 3.

Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 329.

Tennessee Jurisprudence, 3 Tenn. Juris., Assignments, § 48; 3 Tenn. Juris., Attachment and Garnishment, §§ 53, 56; 6 Tenn. Juris., Conflict of Laws, Domicile and Residence, § 12; 18 Tenn. Juris., Lis Pendens, § 3.

Cited: Mullendore v. Hall, 2 Tenn. Ch. App. 273 (1901); General Electric Supply Co. v. Arlen Realty & Development Corp., 546 S.W.2d 210, 1977 Tenn. LEXIS 515 (Tenn. 1977).


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