§ 54-12-128 — Summons or writ issued - Served upon whom

(a) When the plan, if any, has finally met the approval of the monthly county court, the court shall order the county clerk to issue a summons or writ to the sheriff of the proper county, the writ to run in the name of the state, commanding the sheriff to summon the persons named in the writ to appear before the monthly county court on the day set by it for the hearing of the petition. (b) The writ or summons shall name the owners of all tracts or lots of land not petitioners, within the proposed road improvement district, as shown by the tax books of the county, or by affidavit filed, and upon the persons in actual occupancy of the lands or lots, and also upon any lienholder or encumbrancer of any land in the proposed district, as shown by the county records, and shall notify them of the pendency of the petition and the prayer of the petition, but no copy of the petition shall accompany the writ.

Legislative History

Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 17; Shan. Supp., § 1682a28; Code 1932, § 2842; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1328.