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Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-1-112 (2026)

Application of foreign statutes

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Where the statute of limitations of another state or government has created a bar to an action upon a cause accruing therein, while the party to be charged was a resident in such state or such government, the bar is equally effectual in this state.

Code 1858, § 2783; Shan., § 4480; Code 1932, § 8607; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 28-114.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1987–2018 · leading case: Franklin Am. Mortg. Co. v. Univ. Nat'l Bank of Lawrence, 910 F.3d 270 (6th Cir. 2018).
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Franklin Am. Mortg. Co. v. Univ. Nat'l Bank of Lawrence, 910 F.3d 270 (6th Cir. 2018). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-1-112 . Under the borrowing statute, a second state’s statute of limitations applies (rather than Tennessee’s) if: (1) the defendant was a resident of the second state when the cause of action accrued; (2) the cause of action is barred by the second…”
MacKey v. Judy's Foods, Inc., 654 F. Supp. 1465 (M.D. Tenn. 1987). · cites it 8× “Statutes of Limitations The Magistrate correctly held that Tennessee courts apply the statute of limitations of the forum as a “procedural” measure unless the action (1) is one encompassed by the state borrowing statute, Tenn.”
Myers v. Hayes Int'l Corp., 701 F. Supp. 618 (M.D. Tenn. 1988). · cites it 2× “A foreign statute of limitations may also control if it is encompassed by Tennessee’s borrowing statute, Tenn.Code Ann. § 28-1-112. The borrowing statute, however, is not applicable to this cause of action.”
Eric Tuttobene v. The Assurance Grp., Inc. (6th Cir. 2018). “In granting summary judgment to TAG, the district court determined, based both upon an express provision in the agent agreements and upon application of Tennessee’s borrowing statute, Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-1-112 , that North Carolina’s three-year statute of limitations on…”
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