A writ of error lies from the final judgment of the court of general sessions to the circuit or proper appellate court, and from the circuit and chancery court to such appellate court, in all cases where an appeal in the nature of a writ of error would have lain.
Code 1858, § 3176 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, §§ 37, 65, 67; 1827, ch. 50, § 1); Shan., § 4911; mod. Code 1932, § 9063; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-601.
Compiler's Notes. This section may be affected by T.R.A.P. 3(d).
Cross-References. Clerk's fees, §8-21-401.
Appeal from county court in cases other than equity, §27-3-107.
Substitution of parties, T.R.A.P. 19.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, §§ 25, 33, 50, 52, 69.
Law Reviews.
Civil Procedure — Bill of Exceptions on Writ of Error, 38 Tenn. L. Rev. 109.
Guilty Pleas — Seeking Relief When Statute Held Unconstitutional Retroactively, 43 Tenn. L. Rev. 464.
Procedure — 1963 Tennessee Survey (William J. Harbison), 17 Vand. L. Rev. 1108.
Survey of Civil Procedure in Tennessee — 1977, VII. Appellate Review of the Disposition (John L. Sobieski, Jr.), 46 Tenn. L. Rev. 366.
Tennessee Appellate Procedure and the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act (William J. Harbison), 6 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 291.
Tennessee Criminal Law: An Overview of the Courts and a Compendium of Tennessee Criminal Procedure (Michael R. Tilley), 5 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 90.
The Tennessee Court System (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 189.
The Tennessee Court System — Supreme Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 191.
The Theoretical Foundations of the Proposed Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, I. Introduction (John L. Sobieski, Jr.), 45 Tenn. L. Rev. 162.