Court Opinion

ID: 9677562
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 05:55:20.423838+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:56.821437
License: Public Domain

DYER, Chief Justice
(concurring).
I concur in and subscribe to the learned opinion written by Mr. Justice Creson; however, in light of the concern of counsel as to the two recent decisions in Flynn v. Camp, Tenn., 470 S.W.2d 347 (1971), and Hargrove v. Newsome, Tenn., 470 S.W.2d 348 (1971), I feel constrained to add a further comment.
The sole issue presented in the case at bar is whether the time for instituting the instant suit is governed by T.C.A. § 28-304 or T.C.A. § 50-914. This issue was seasonably and properly raised before and ruled upon by the trial judge. Exception was made and error assigned to the trial judge’s order. On appeal we have ruled upon this issue.
In both Flynn v. Camp and Hargrove v. Newsome, supra, a similar argument was advanced at the appellate level; however, we were precluded from considering that question by the dictates of Rule 14 (4), Rules of the Supreme Court of Tennessee.
In Flynn v. Camp, supra, the question was raised for first time in a "Supplemental Assignment of Error, Brief and Argument” filed in this Court after oral argument. By admission, the record in that case is utterly devoid of any allegations raising the issue of conflict between T.C. A. § 28-304 and T.C.A. § 50-914.
In Hargrove v. Newsome, supra, the issue was raised for the first time in a “Petition to Rehear” filed after this Court handed down its original opinion. We again considered the supplemental briefs of counsel and the case as a whole and affirmed our judgment.
I have once again reviewed the records in both of these cases in perspective of the instant case. We were correct in our holding in each case. Therefore, I am convinced that Flynn v. Camp and Hargrove v. Newsome, supra, did not properly raise the instant issue before this Court, and are in no way inconsistent with our holding in the case at bar.