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Any person aggrieved by the judgment of any court in a civil case which is not governed by the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure by reason of a material error in fact may reverse the judgment upon writ of error coram nobis as provided in this chapter.

Code 1858, § 3110; Shan., § 4838; Code 1932, § 8971; Acts 1972, ch. 565, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-701.

Compiler's Notes. Tenn. R. Civ. P. 60.02 was intended to supersede this chapter. See the Committee Comment to that rule.

Cross-References. Clerk's fees, §8-21-401.

Writ in criminal cases, §40-26-105.

Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 659.

Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, § 265; 16 Tenn. Juris., Judgments and Decrees, §§ 52, 54.

Law Reviews.

Appellate and Post Conviction Relief in Tennessee (Ronald W. Eades), 5 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 1.

Divorce and Separation — Vacation of Decree — Writ of Error Coram Nobis Is a Proper Action to Vacate Divorce Decree (Nina Loree Booth), 1 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 225.

Guilty Pleas — Seeking Relief When Statute Held Unconstitutional Retroactively, 43 Tenn. L. Rev. 464.

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

Procedure and Evidence — 1961 Tennessee Survey (II) (Edmund M. Morgan, Joel F. Handler), 15 Vand. L. Rev. 921.

Procedure — Writ of Error Coram Nobis in Divorce Cases, 36 Tenn. L. Rev. 411.

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.


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