8-8-208 - Service at residence of defendant. - Tennessee Statutes

8-8-208. Service at residence of defendant.

No sheriff shall return upon any writ that the person upon whom it is to be served is not to be found in the county, unless such sheriff has actually been at the place of abode of such person.

[Code 1858, § 365 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8, § 5); Shan., § 455; Code 1932, § 702; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-817.]