Any person having a valid subsisting legal interest in real property, and a right to the immediate possession thereof, may recover the same by an action of ejectment.
Code 1858, § 3229; Shan., § 4970; Code 1932, § 9118; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1302.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 81, 479.
Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 686.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, § 198; 10 Tenn. Juris., Ejectment, §§ 4, 10, 14, 30.
Law Reviews.
Mortgages — Taxation of Mortgagor's and Mortgagee's Interest, 20 Tenn. L. Rev. 280.
Tennessee and the Installment Land Contract: A Viable Alternative to the Deed of Trust, 21 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 551 (1991).
Cited: Pan-Am Southern Corp. v. Cummins, 156 F. Supp. 673, 1957 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2844 (D. Tenn. 1957); In re Twinton Properties Partnership, 44 B.R. 426, 1984 Bankr. LEXIS 4720 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1984); Johnson v. Mt. Pleasant, 713 S.W.2d 659, 1985 Tenn. App. LEXIS 3299 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1985); Newport Housing Authority v. Ballard, 839 S.W.2d 86, 1992 Tenn. LEXIS 567 (Tenn. 1992).