Courts having jurisdiction to sell lands, instead of ordering parties to convey, may divest and vest title directly by decree, or empower the clerk to make title.
Code 1858, § 4103 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 48; 1837-1838, ch. 176, § 1); Shan., § 5915; Code 1932, § 10114; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-108.
Cross-References. Judgment for specific acts; vesting title, Tenn. R. Civ. P. 70.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 301, 303, 306.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 16 Tenn. Juris., Judicial Sales, §§ 12, 38.
Law Reviews.
Quiet Title Actions in Tennessee, 15 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 263 (1985).
Cited: Davis v. Solari, 132 Tenn. 225, 177 S.W. 939, 1915 Tenn. LEXIS 16 (1915); Searight v. White Sewing Mach. Co., 140 Tenn. 50, 203 S.W. 330, 1918 Tenn. LEXIS 18 (1918); Roberts v. Roberts, — S.W.3d —, 2011 Tenn. App. LEXIS 197 (Tenn. Ct. App. Apr. 19, 2011).