Actions in Rem

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In actions commenced by the attachment of property without personal service of process, and in cases where the suit is brought to obtain possession of personal property, or to enforce a lien or trust deed or mortgage, or where it relates to real property, the attachment may be sued out or suit brought in any county where the real property, or any portion of it, lies, or where any part of the personal property may be found.

Code 1858, § 2810 (deriv. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 173); Shan., § 4515; mod. Code 1932, § 8642; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-404.

Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 121.

Tennessee Jurisprudence, 3 Tenn. Juris., Attachment and Garnishment, §§ 3, 34, 101; 10 Tenn. Juris., Ejectment, § 13; 24 Tenn. Juris., Venue, § 4.

Law Reviews.

Venue — Localizing Transitory Actions in Tennessee Civil Proceedings, 35 Tenn. L. Rev. 520.


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