RICKETS v. SEXTON


533 S.W.2d 293 (1976)

Lon A. RICKETS et al., Appellants, v. Margie SEXTON et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Buckingham, Headman, Stivers, Buckingham & Humphrey, Knoxville, for appellants.

Walter L. Fuller, Jr., Oak Ridge, John M. Davis, Wartburg, for appellees.


OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

The only question presented on this appeal is the right of a plaintiff to take a voluntary nonsuit or to dismiss an action without prejudice, under the provisions of Rule 41.01, Tenn.R.Civ.P., in the face of the resistance of his adversary.

The Chancellor, apparently pitching his decision on the age and infirmity of one of the parties defendant, held that a nonsuit would be prejudicial and "disallowed" the same. On the same...

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