Land Described in Verdict

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  1. The plaintiff may recover any specific part or share of the premises embraced in the declaration, though less than plaintiff claims.
  2. The verdict may specify the extent and quality of the plaintiff's estate, and the premises to which plaintiff is entitled, with reasonable certainty, by metes and bounds, or other sufficient description, according to the facts as proved.

Code 1858, §§ 3245, 3247 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 2); Shan., §§ 4987, 4989; Code 1932, §§ 9135, 9137; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1316.

Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 10 Tenn. Juris., Ejectment, § 24.


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