Tennessee Statutes

§ 8-47-110 — Petition in name of state - Filing by relators

Tennessee § 8-47-110

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-47-110 (2026).

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The petition or complaint shall be in the name of the state and may be filed upon the relation of the attorney general and reporter, or the district attorney general for the state, or the county attorney in the case of county officers, and of the city attorney, or the district attorney general, in the case of municipal officers; and in all cases it may be filed, without the concurrence of any of such officers, upon the relation of ten (10) or more citizens and freeholders of the state, county, or city, as the case may be, upon their giving the usual security for costs.

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State Ex Rel. Jones v. Looper
86 S.W.3d 189 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2000)
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310 S.W.3d 353 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2009)
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State Ex Rel. DeSelm v. Knox County Commission
342 S.W.3d 1 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2010)
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State Ex Rel. Carney v. Crosby
255 S.W.3d 593 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2008)
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Jefferson County, Tennessee v. Margaret Smith
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2011)
State ex re. Herbert S. Moncier v. Nancy S. Jones
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2013)
State v. Looper
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 1998)
STATE EX REL ADOLPHUS PELLEY v. BO PERKINSON
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2025)

Legislative History

Acts 1915, ch. 11, § 3; Shan., § 1135a3; Code 1932, § 1879; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2710.

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