POTEETE v. OLIVE


527 S.W.2d 84 (1975)

John POTEETE, Petitioner, v. J.R. OLIVE d/b/a Ace Bonding Company, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

September 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.A. Moody, Carrol D. Kilgore, Branstetter, Moody & Kilgore, Nashville, for petitioner.

Charles F. Frazier, Frazier & Faimon, Nashville, for respondent.


OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is an action for damages against the plaintiff's bail and the bail's agents for false imprisonment and assault and battery. The issues to be resolved are (1) whether the failure of a bondsman's agents to carry a certified copy of the undertaking endorsed by the bondsman as specified in T.C.A. § 40-1227 and to exhibit it to the principal when arresting him renders the arrest unlawful, and (2) whether the bondsman has authority...

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