Necessary v. Gibson’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Noonan v. Pardee · 24 Tenn. App. 96 - Tallent v. Fox · 29 Tenn. App. 597 - Palmer v. Dehn · 26 Tenn. App. 564 - Lackey v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. · 9 Smith & H. 192 - Oman v. Delius
Most-quoted passages
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““20-801. Form and contents. — The declaration shall state the plaintiff’s cause of action. It may contain several statements or counts. But where several distinct causes of action against the same party are joined, the court may direct separate trials of the issues. . . .” (Emphasis supplied)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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