Lien Lis Pendens

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The creditor has a lien lis pendens upon the property of the defendant situated in the county of suit, if properly described in the bill of complaint, on the filing of the bill, so far as concerns the pursued defendant; and the creditor may have a lien lis pendens upon all property, so described, as against bona fide purchasers and encumbrancers, for value, upon registration of an abstract of the claimed lien as provided by this Code.

Code 1858, § 4286; Shan., § 6095; mod. Code 1932, § 10356; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-604.

Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 456, 459.

Tennessee Jurisprudence, 3 Tenn. Juris., Attachment and Garnishment, § 71; 8 Tenn. Juris., Cresitors' Suits, § 2; 12 Tenn. Juris., Executions, §§ 17, 56; 13 Tenn. Juris., Fraudulent and Voluntary Conveyances, § 41; 16 Tenn. Juris., Judgments and Decrees, § 74; 18 Tenn. Juris., Lis Pendens, § 5.

Law Reviews.

Creditors' Rights and Security Transactions — 1961 Tennessee Survey (II) (Forrest W. Lacey), 15 Vand. L. Rev. 856.

Preferences, Priorities, and Powers of the State in the Collection of Delinquent Revenue: Tennessee's Tax Enforcement Procedures Act (Donald J. Serkin), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 707.


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