Tennessee § 29-16-104 Petition

Tennessee Statutes

§ 29-16-104 — Petition

Tennessee § 29-16-104

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-16-104 (2026).

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The person seeking to appropriate such land shall file a petition in the circuit court of the county in which the land lies, setting forth, in substance:

(1)The parcel of land or rights therein or incident thereto a portion of which is wanted, and the extent wanted;

(2)The name of the owner of such land or rights, or, if unknown, stating the fact;

(3)The object for which the land, etc., is wanted; and (4) A prayer that a suitable portion of land or rights may be decreed to the petitioner, and set apart by metes and bounds, or other proper mode.

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The person seeking to appropriate such land shall file a petition in the circuit court of the county in which the land lies, setting forth, in substance: (1) The parcel of land or rights therein or incident thereto a portion of which is wanted, and the extent wanted; (2) The name of the owner of such land or rights, or, if unknown, stating the fact; (3) The object for which the land, etc., is wanted; and (4) A prayer that a suitable portion of land or rights may be decreed to the petitioner, and set apart by metes and bounds, or other proper mode.