If at any time any cause of action shall accrue against any person who shall be out of this state, the action may be commenced within the time limited therefor, after such person shall have come into the state; and, after any cause of action shall have accrued, if the person against whom it has accrued shall be absent from or reside out of the state, the time of absence or residence out of the state shall not be taken as any part of the time limited for the commencement of the action.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-1-111
Suspension during absence from state
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Norman Redwing v. Catholic Bishop for the Diocese of Memphis (2012)
Most recently applied in Koshani v. Barton (March 2019)
Acts 1865, ch. 10, § 3; Shan., § 4455; Code 1932, § 8581; T.C.A
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