The chancery court has exclusive original jurisdiction of all cases of an equitable nature, where the debt or demand exceeds fifty dollars ($50.00), unless otherwise provided by this code. It has no jurisdiction of any debt or demand of less value than fifty dollars ($50.00), unless otherwise specifically provided.
Code 1858, §§ 4280, 4281 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 1; 1835-1836, ch. 4, § 1); Shan., §§ 6089, 6090; mod. Code 1932, §§ 10350, 10351; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-603.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 5, 8.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 11 Tenn. Juris., Equity, §§ 2, 21, 26, 33; 17 Tenn. Juris., Jurisdiction, § 23.
Law Reviews.
The Supreme Court and the New Equity, 68 Vand. L. Rev. 997 (2015).
The Tennessee Court System — Chancery Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 281.
Cited: Tinsley v. Bryan, 148 Tenn. 256, 255 S.W. 49, 1922 Tenn. LEXIS 88 (1923); L.L. Bean, Inc. v. Bracey, 817 S.W.2d 292, 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 346 (Tenn. 1991).