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JERKINS v. McKINNEY

533 S.W.2d 275 (1976)

Ernest Ray JERKINS et al., Petitioners, v. James R. McKINNEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

January 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Cummings, Lewis H. Conner, Jr., Nashville, for petitioners; Dearborn & Ewing, Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, Nashville, of counsel.

Dick L. Lansden, Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, Elkin Garfinkle, Nashville, for respondent.

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

These consolidated civil actions, filed pursuant to Rule 60.02, Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, seek to have the Court set aside an underlying judgment and award a new trial.

The Chancellor dismissed the suits on motion for summary judgment, but, on appeal, the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded.

We granted certiorari primarily in order to construe and clarify Rule...

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