In the trial of any civil suit, counsel shall be permitted to read the counsel's entire declaration, including the amount sued for, to the jury at the beginning of the lawsuit, and may refer to the declaration in argument or summation to the jury.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-9-302
Declaration may be read to jury
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Amanda Elliott v. R. Michael Cobb (2010)
Most recently applied in Amanda Elliott v. R. Michael Cobb (September 2010)
Acts 1963, ch. 79, § 3; T.C.A., § 20-1328.
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