BATES v. HARP

No. 76-2019.

573 F.2d 930 (1978)

Thomas E. BATES et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Fred HARP, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Henry Haile, Nashville, Tenn., Oliver B. Dickins, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Herbert S. Sanger, Jr., Gen. Counsel, T. V. A., Knoxville, Tenn., for defendant-appellee.

Before WEICK, EDWARDS and KEITH, Circuit Judges.


WEICK, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Bates and his wife have appealed from an order of the District Court dismissing their action for damages for personal injuries because of insufficiency of process in the state court where the action was originally filed, and later was removed to the federal court.

The action was filed by plaintiffs on October 16, 1974 in the Circuit Court of Davidson County, Tennessee, against the defendants, Fred Harp, George Moore, and the...

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