Intervention by true owner

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TN Code › Title 24 › Chapter 8 › Section 24-8-107

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If the actual holder of such lost instrument brings an action thereon after the lost instrument has been recovered in accordance with this chapter, the true owner may intervene and defend the action. Code 1858, § 3906 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 86, § 2); Shan., §5699; Code 1932, § 9885; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 24-807.

If the actual holder of such lost instrument brings an action thereon after the lost instrument has been recovered in accordance with this chapter, the true owner may intervene and defend the action.

Code 1858, § 3906 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 86, § 2); Shan., §5699; Code 1932, § 9885; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 24-807.

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