Persons holding possession in good faith, under color of title, are entitled to have the value of their permanent improvements setoff against the rents and profits which the plaintiff may recover.
Code 1858, § 3261 (deriv. Acts 1813, ch. 24, §§ 1, 2; 1827, ch. 46); Shan., § 5009; Code 1932, § 9157; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1330.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 10 Tenn. Juris., Ejectment, § 34.
Law Reviews.
Improvements — Mistake as to Boundary, 17 Tenn. L. Rev. 878.
The Law of Fixtures in Tennessee — A Consideration of the Common Law and Fixture — Related Provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code (Jack E. Gervin, Jr.), 42 Tenn. L. Rev. 354.
Cited: Collins v. Michigan Commercial Underwriters, 6 Tenn. App. 528, — S.W.2d —, 1928 Tenn. App. LEXIS 192 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1928); Hunt v. Liles, 35 Tenn. App. 173, 243 S.W.2d 149, 1950 Tenn. App. LEXIS 132 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1950).