Any person dissatisfied with the judgment of a recorder or other officer of a municipality charged with the conduct of trials, in a civil action, may, within ten (10) entire days thereafter, Sundays exclusive, appeal to the next term of circuit court.
Code 1858, § 3140 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 17, § 10); Acts 1869-1870, ch. 85; Shan., § 4871; mod. Code 1932, § 9019; Acts 1969, ch. 281, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-501.
Cross-References. Appeals in school attendance law cases, §49-6-3010.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 17 Tenn. Juris., Jurisdiction § 25; 17 Tenn. Juris., Justices of Peace and General Sessions Courts, § 41.
Law Reviews.
Proceedings Before a Justice of the Peace (Richard N. Ivins), 10 Tenn. L. Rev. 180.
The Tennessee Court System (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 189.
The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241.
The Tennessee Court System — Municipal Courts, 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 431.
Trial, 4 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 335.
Attorney General Opinions. Municipal court clerk's obligation to transmit appeal bond to the circuit-court clerk. OAG 15-07, 2015 Tenn. AG LEXIS 6 (1/27/15).