Power of General Sessions Judges

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Two (2) general sessions judges may, within twenty (20) days after judgment, grant a certiorari and supersedeas to remove the proceedings of a general sessions judge to the circuit court.

Code 1858, § 3127 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 7, § 4; 1833, ch. 65, § 2); Shan., § 4858; Code 1932, § 8993; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-805.

Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 5 Tenn. Juris., Certiorari, §§ 31, 34, 36; 22 Tenn. Juris., Removal of Causes, § 8.


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