TENNESSEE DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. BARBEE


714 S.W.2d 263 (1986)

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Assignee of Yvonne Coleman, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J.B. BARBEE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

July 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey M. Yaffe, Memphis, for defendant-appellant.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen., Dianne Stamey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Harold W. Horne, Memphis, for plaintiff-appellee.


DROWOTA, Justice.

The sole issue before us involves the use, application, and procedures to be used with Rule 36, T.R.C.P., "Requests for Admission."

A brief history of this protracted litigation is deemed necessary. On October 27, 1977, the Tennessee Department of Human Services, as an assignee of Yvonne Coleman, filed a petition to establish paternity against the Defendant, J.B. Barbee. The petition avers that the Defendant is the natural father of Cedric...

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