When there are more defendants than one (1), the jury may find the defendants jointly or severally guilty of detaining all or any distinct parcels of the premises, and plaintiff may have judgment against any or all defendants, according to the facts of the case. The verdict may be for plaintiffs, or such of them as appear to have right to the possession of the premises, or any part thereof, and against such of the defendants as were in possession thereof or claimed title thereto at the commencement of the action.
Code 1858, §§ 3244, 3246 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 2); Shan., §§ 4986, 4988; Code 1932, §§ 9134, 9136; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1315.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 81.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, § 198.
Collateral References. 25 Am. Jur. 2d Ejectment §§ 119-121.
28 C.J.S. Ejectment § 109.
Ejectment 111, 137, 149.