Any suit of an equitable nature, brought in the circuit court, where objection has not been taken to the jurisdiction, may be transferred to the chancery court of the county, or heard and determined by the circuit court upon the principles of a court of equity, with power to order and take all proper accounts, and otherwise to perform the functions of a chancery court.
Code 1858, § 4236 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 9); Shan., § 6074; mod. Code 1932, § 10329; Acts 1972, ch. 565, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-511.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 8, 9, 56, 444.
Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 776.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, § 118; 11 Tenn. Juris., Equity, §§ 2, 21-29, 32; 17 Tenn. Juris., Jurisdiction, § 22; 19 Tenn. Juris., Municipal, State and County Aid, § 7; 22 Tenn. Juris., Rescission, Cancellation and Reformation, § 33.
Law Reviews.
A Little Bit of Laches Goes a Long Way: Notes on Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 67 Vand. L. Rev. En Banc 1 (2014).
Laches at Law in Tennessee, 28 U. Mem. L. Rev. 211 (1997).
The Supreme Court and the New Equity, 68 Vand. L. Rev. 997 (2015).
The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241.
Cited: Finch v. Frymire, 36 S.W. 883, 1896 Tenn. Ch. App. LEXIS 13 (1896); United States, use of Brading-Marshal Lumber Co. v. Wells, 203 F. 146, 1913 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1718 (D. Tenn. 1913); Sullivan v. Eason, 8 Tenn. App. 429, — S.W.2d —, 1928 Tenn. App. LEXIS 156 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1928); McGee v. Carter, 31 Tenn. App. 141, 212 S.W.2d 902, 1948 Tenn. App. LEXIS 78 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1948); Gilley v. Jernigan, 597 S.W.2d 313, 1979 Tenn. App. LEXIS 395 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1979); Clinton Books, Inc. v. City of Memphis, 197 S.W.3d 749, 2006 Tenn. LEXIS 313 (Tenn. 2006); In re Estate of Brown, — S.W.3d —, 2011 Tenn. App. LEXIS 541 (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 4, 2011).