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GARDINER v. WORD

731 S.W.2d 889 (1987)

W. Hermsworth GARDINER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry L. WORD and Alberta McLemore, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

May 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Leader, Jr., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Vernon G. Bush, Edward F. Bell, Nashville, for Jerry L. Word.

Richard H. Dinkins, Nashville, for Alberta McLemore.

OPINION

BROCK, Chief Justice.

The key issue in this case is whether the trial court abused its discretion when it refused to allow the defendants, appellants in this court, to amend their answers unless they posted a $20,000.00 bond. The Court of Appeals, Judge Koch dissenting, upheld the action of the trial court in so conditioning the amendment.

This case grew out of a three-year lease of office space in a medical complex by the plaintiff to the...

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