Tennessee § 29-18-119 Manner of trial - Title not inquired into

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§ 29-18-119 — Manner of trial - Title not inquired into

Tennessee § 29-18-119

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-18-119 (2026).

Text

(a)The cause shall be tried at the time and place designated, by a single general sessions judge, without the intervention of a jury, and in all respects like other civil suits before the court of general sessions.

(b)The general sessions judge will try every case upon its merits and ascertain whether the plaintiff or defendant is entitled to the possession of the premises agreeably to the laws governing such cases, and give judgment accordingly.

(c)The estate, or merits of the title, shall not be inquired into.

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(a) The cause shall be tried at the time and place designated, by a single general sessions judge, without the intervention of a jury, and in all respects like other civil suits before the court of general sessions. (b) The general sessions judge will try every case upon its merits and ascertain whether the plaintiff or defendant is entitled to the possession of the premises agreeably to the laws governing such cases, and give judgment accordingly. (c) The estate, or merits of the title, shall not be inquired into.

Legislative History

Code 1858, §§ 3353, 3354; (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 14, §20 and Acts 1841-1842, ch. 186, §§ 1, 2); impl. am. Acts 1879, ch. 23, § 1; Shan., §§ 5102, 5103; Code 1932, §§9256, 9257; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 23-1619, 23-1620; Acts 1991, ch. 273, § 40.