Exemplary damages
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Beaty v. McGraw (1998)
Most recently applied in Beaty v. McGraw (December 1998)
Code 1858, § 3391; Shan., § 5146; Code 1932, § 9301; T.C.A
(1) The jury may, in proper cases, give exemplary damages in favor of either party.
(2) In all cases where the plaintiff fails to prosecute the suit with effect, the jury may make such valuation as will be likely to effect a return of the property to the defendant, if the character of the property is such as to make the return of the specific property important.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.