Tennessee Statutes
§ 66-4-205 — Presumption of champerty from sale of land adversely held by another
Tennessee § 66-4-205
JurisdictionTennessee
Title66
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-4-205 (2026).
Text
If any person sells any lands or tenements, not having possession of them personally or by agent or tenant, the same being adversely held by color of title, champerty shall be presumed until the purchaser shows that such sale was bona fide made.
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Levine v. March
266 S.W.3d 426 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2007)
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388 S.W.3d 280 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2012)
Foust v. Metcalf
338 S.W.3d 457 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2010)
Teresa Vincent v. Jerry S. Johnston, Sr.
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2014)
Legislative History
Code 1858, § 1780 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 66, § 1); Shan., § 3175; Code 1932, § 7827; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-410.
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Tennessee § 66-4-205, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/66-4-205.