In all actions for damages for the breach of promise or contract of marriage that may hereafter be tried in the courts of this state, unless there is written evidence of such contract, signed by the party against whom the action is brought, the alleged contract must be proved by at least two (2) disinterested witnesses before any recovery may be allowed.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-401
Proof of contract
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Tina Marie Hodge v. Chadwick Craig (2012)
Most recently applied in Tina Marie Hodge v. Chadwick Craig (October 2012)
Acts 1949, ch. 161, § 3; C
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