Trial De Novo

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On appeal, all jury cases in the county court shall be tried de novo in the circuit court and all chancery cases, or proceedings in the nature of chancery cases, shall be reheard as if the proceedings had been commenced in the circuit court.

Code 1858, § 3152 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 66); Shan., § 4884; Code 1932, § 9033; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-408.

Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 555, 588.

Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, § 207.

Law Reviews.

Procedure and Evidence — 1960 Tennessee Survey (Edmund M. Morgan), 13 Vand. L. Rev. 1197.

Tennessee Procedure — The Simple Appeal, 35 Tenn. L. Rev. 642.

The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241.

Trial, 4 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 335.


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