29-5-107 - Notice of hearing Continuances. - Tennessee Statutes

29-5-107. Notice of hearing Continuances.

(a)  The arbitrators shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing, which notice shall be served or accepted at least five (5) days before the day set for trial.

(b)  They, or a majority of them, may grant continuances upon their own motion or upon application of either party for good cause shown, but not to a day beyond the time set for the rendering of the final award unless an extension is granted by court or expressly agreed to in writing by the parties or their attorneys.

[Code 1858, § 3442; Shan., § 5198; mod. Code 1932, § 9370; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-507.]