66-23-112 - Liability of witness for failure to attend.

66-23-112. Liability of witness for failure to attend.

Should any witness, summoned as provided in § 66-23-108, fail or refuse to attend, that witness shall be subject to an action on the case for damages at the suit of the party by whom the witness was summoned.

[Code 1858, § 2064 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 92, § 10); Shan., § 3741; Code 1932, § 7656; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2312.]