Tennessee Statutes
§ 69-5-719 — Damages a lien on land - Enforcement of lien
Tennessee·Title 69
(a)The damages assessed shall be a lien upon tracts of land in the district of the owner or owners respectively affected by the improvement, against whom the damages are assessed, but this lien shall be inferior to the lien of the general assessment, which lien shall be enforced by a bill or petition in the county court of the county in which the land is situated.
(b)Jurisdiction is conferred upon the county courts to enforce such liens.
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Legislative History
Acts 1915, ch. 63, §6; Shan., § 3871a101; Code 1932, § 4329; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-1226; T.C.A. § 69-6-719.
Nearby Sections
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§ 69-1-101
Navigable waters are highways§ 69-1-102
Opening and cleaning navigable streams§ 69-1-104
Working on streams as public roads§ 69-1-106
Compensation of supervisor§ 69-1-107
Obstructing river - Penalty§ 69-1-108
Diverting water from main channel§ 69-1-109
Temporary diversion from sluice§ 69-1-110
Damages for diversion of stream§ 69-1-111
County may permit or remove improvements§ 69-1-112
Commissioners of watercourses§ 69-1-113
Forfeiture for obstructing stream§ 69-1-114
Railroad drawbridges - Operation§ 69-1-115
Damages caused by canalizing rivers