In both cases, of realty and personalty, the lien shall cease, unless a bill in equity, to subject such interest, is filed within thirty (30) days from the return of the execution unsatisfied.
Code 1858, § 2986 (deriv. Acts 1832, ch. 11, § 3); Shan., 4714; mod. Code 1932, § 8049; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 25-505.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 459.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 12 Tenn. Juris., Executions, §§ 12, 19, 56; 16 Tenn. Juris., Judgments and Decrees, §§ 30, 36, 37, 40.
Law Reviews.
Enforcement of Judgments in Tennessee, 22 Tenn. L. Rev. 873.
Enforcing Money Judgments in Tennessee (Lonnie C. Rich), 4 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 65.