29-6-161 - Nonresident setting aside default judgment.
29-6-161. Nonresident setting aside default judgment.
In all cases of attachment sued out because the defendant resides out of the state, or has merely departed or removed property from the state, the judgment or decree by default may be set aside, upon application of the defendant and good cause shown, within twelve (12) months thereafter, and defense permitted upon such terms as the court may impose.
[Code 1858, § 3529; Shan., § 5289; Code 1932, § 9481; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-661.]