If there be no personal service, the court shall impanel a jury and try the cause as though the defendant had filed a plea.
Code 1858, § 3387 (deriv. Acts 1853-1854, ch. 60, § 2); Shan., § 5141; Code 1932, § 9296; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2316.
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Remedies Under the Tennessee Commercial Code (John A. Walker, Jr.), 30 Vand. L. Rev. 1197.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings
Chapter 30 - Recovery of Personal Property
§ 29-30-203. Procedure After Personal Service but Failure to Get Property
§ 29-30-204. Publication on Nonresident
§ 29-30-205. Clerk's Liability for Insufficient Bond
§ 29-30-206. Trial Without Personal Service
§ 29-30-208. Judgment for Defendant
§ 29-30-209. Failure to Return Goods Under Alternative Judgment for Defendant
§ 29-30-210. Exemplary Damages
§ 29-30-213. Execution of General Sessions Judge's Writ
§ 29-30-214. General Sessions Court Judgment for Defendant