If the issue is found for the defendant, or the plaintiff dismisses or fails to prosecute the suit, the judgment shall be that the goods be returned to the defendant, or, on failure, that the defendant recover their value, with interest thereon and damages for the detention, the value of the property and the damages to be assessed by the jury trying the cause; or, where the plaintiff fails to prosecute, by a jury impaneled for the purpose.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-30-208
Judgment for defendant
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Beaty v. McGraw (1998)
Most recently applied in Beaty v. McGraw (December 1998)
Code 1858, § 3390 (deriv
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