Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Texas
filing location
Where would a hospital have to file suit if the debt incurred was in TX and the debtor lives in TN? Are the laws very different in the 2 states?
Asked on 9/27/05, 6:23 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Peter Bradie
Bradie, Bradie & Bradie
Re: filing location
The hospital actually has a choice; either Texas or Tennessee. A Texas judgment would have to be entered in Tennessee in order to collect, since a state judgment is only good within the geographic borders of the state. However, the "full faith and credit" clause of the Constitution allows sister-state judgments to be entered and enforced.
The laws are frequently quite different between states.
Answered on 9/27/05, 6:45 pm
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